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The busy season for the bee keeper begins about two months before Learn safety en- 

 the main honey flow, continues through the swarming season, and ends ei^ee'iie- 

 when the comb honey is taken from the supers or when the honey is Being disabled 

 extracted from larger frames which have been added to enable the use others avSd'dis^ 



bffities. There 

 is opportunity 

 for a considerable 

 number of dis- 

 abled soldiers to 

 get training for 

 safety engineering 

 at Government 

 expense while be- 

 ing supported, to- 

 gether with their 

 dependents. 

 Look this up by 

 talking it over 

 withthe agents of 

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Fig. 21. — Colonies of bees in summer position in groups of Jour. This arrangement is 

 advantageous whether or not the bees are wintered in four-colony packing cases. 



of the extracting machine. Afterwards there is less rush, the only im- 

 portant work being early preparation of the bees for winter. Every 

 latitude in the United States has its winter problem, and it is of the 

 first importance that prospective bee keepers realize that success de- 

 pends more on proper wintering than on any other one thing. 



Fig. 22.— The winter paoMng cases for groups of four brought close together used in the Bmeau of 

 Entomology apiary: a, Detail of tunnel to hives. Provision may be made for room for a third 

 hive body to he added in the spring. 



Winter Occupations. 



It will be evident that most of the work of the bee keeper comes in 

 the spring, summer, and fall. When your bees have been properly 

 prepared for winter with plenty of stores, there is nothing to be done 



