CHAPTER X 



MID-SEASON WORK 



After his supers are on the bee-keeper must 

 redouble his vigilance, or he will be liable to 

 suffer loss in various directions. Particular care 

 must be exercised in seeing that the bees have 

 plenty of room for storage purposes, and space 

 must always be given in advance of their require- 

 ments. The exact amount of space required is a 

 matter which can only be learned by experience, 

 but it may be said that an abundance may be given 

 to strong colonies at the commencement of the 

 season. Towards the end of the honey flow much 

 more care must . be used, or a lot of unfinished 

 work and unripe honey will be the result. When 

 the honey flow is on the wane, which is easily 

 seen by a peep into the supers, give extra room 

 very sparingly. Empty supers of combs should 

 not then be given, except to very strong stocks, 

 but full combs of capped honey may be taken 

 from the centre of supers and their places taken 

 by empty combs. 



If too much room is given at this time the 

 bees will scatter the honey about, using a small 

 portion of each of many combs, and filling none, 



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