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APEIIi. 



Early in this month the bees may all be set out. It will be 

 best to feed all, and give all access to flour, when they will 

 work at it, though usually they can get pollen as soon as they 

 can fly out to advantage. Keep the brood chamber contract- 

 ed so that the frames will all be covered, and cover well above 

 the bees to economize heat. 



The colony or colonies from which we desire to rear queens 

 and drones should now be fed, to stimulate breeding. By 

 careful pruning, too, we may and should prevent the rearing 

 of drones in any but the best colonies. If from lack of care 

 the previous autumn, any of our stocks are short of stores, 

 now is when it wUl be felt. In such cases feed either honey, 

 sugar, or sjrrup, or place candy on top of the frames beneath 

 the oil-cloth cover. 



MAY. 



Prepare nuclei to start extra queens. Feed sparingly till 

 bloom appears. Give room for storing. Extract if necessa- 

 ry, and keep close watch, that you may (anticipate and fore- 

 stall any attempt to swarm. Now, too, is the best time to 

 transfer. 



JUNE. 



Keep all colonies supplied with vigorous, prolific queens. 

 Divide the colonies as may be desired, especially enough to 

 prevent attempts at swarming. Extract if necessary, or best, 

 adjust frames or sections, if comb honey is desired, and be 

 sure to keep all the white clover honey, in whatever form 

 taken, separate from all other. Now • is the best time to 

 Italianize. 



JULY. 



The work this month is about the same as that of June. 

 Supersede all poor and feeble queens. Keep the basswood 

 honey by itself, and remove boxes or frames as soon as full. 

 Be sure that queens and workers have plenty of room to do 

 tiieir best, and do not sufier the hot sun to strike the hives. 



AUGUST. 



Do not fail to supersede impotent queens. Between basswood 

 and fall bloom it may pay to feed sparingly. Give plenty of 

 room for queen and workers, as fall storing commences. 



