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robbing is over. Prepare and furnish sections, crates, super 

 boxes, and frames of wired foundation (255). Double strong 

 stocks (270). Watcli for signs of honey flow (265) and give 

 supers in good time. Provide against swarming by giving 

 room and ventilation (218). Prepare hives for swarms. Pro- 

 ceed with queen rearing (286). Form nuclei (290). 



386. June. — Supply supers as soon as honey flow begins, and 

 add fresh supers as required (269). Make artificial swarms 

 where desired (222). Attend to nuclei (290). Give ventilation 

 (218). Extract honey from combs in body box, and return 

 extracted combs to centre of brood nest (217). 



387. July. — See that ventilation is sufficient in hot days (218). 

 Add supers as required (269). Supply young queens from 

 nuclei (295). Extract from combs in body box (217) as recom- 

 mended in June. 



388. August — Extract honey, as directed for June and July 

 (217). Transport stocks to heather (156-158). Remove supers 

 at end of honey flow (272). Begin stimulative feeding (314). 

 Guard against robbing (308). Examine roofs, after hot weather 

 (88). Increase stocks by driven bees (159). 



389. September — Unite weak stocks (246). Strengthen 

 stocks with driven bees (250). Begin autumn feeding about 

 September isth, and complete it by September 30th (315). 

 Reduce entrances to prevent robbing (310). 



390. October — Reduce brood nest to space required (378). 

 Give candy if required (316). Provide winter passages (377). 

 Give warm wraps. Attend to instructions for wintering (375). 

 Clean and store appliances. Protect hives against storms, 

 rain and snow (380). Plant crocus, and other pollen and honey 

 yielding bulbs (Chapter XXXIV.). 



391. November — Attend to winter feeding, if required (316). 

 Open entrances to six inches, if danger of robbing is over. 

 Make any necessary changes in the apiary (156.283). Attend 

 to instructions for wintering (375). 



392. December. — Remove snow from roofs beforei it thaws. 

 Shield entrances from direct sunshine, while snow is on the 

 ground (377). Remove dead bees from entrances (379). 

 Attend to instructions for wintering (375). 



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