CHAPTER XV. 



WINTEBING. 



How to winter bees successfully is a problem ap- 

 parently difBcult to solve, when we consider the losses 

 that are recorded in the spring, and the complaints 

 made of slow progress made by so many colonies early 

 in the year. That successful wintering depends upon 

 the manner in which bees are prepared for their long 

 season of inactivity, no one will deny. Still it is 

 astounding that, having a desire for profit, bee- 

 keepers will be so neglectful of their bees just at the 

 very time when attention, with a view to ultimate 

 success, is really needed. 



By observing the progress of work around us we 

 see most unmistakably that there cannot well be a 

 period of real inactivity in any branch of industry. 

 The farmer, for instance, immediately one harvest is 

 over commences preparations for the next, and how 

 frequently do we notice that he who is well ahead 

 with his work achieves the greatest success ! With 

 bee-keeping, though the amount of work that must be 

 bestowed upon the hobby is exceedingly small, yet it 

 is of vast importance that what ought to be done 



