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soon as the bees are well at work in them. Be sure that queens 

 and workers have plenty of room to do their best, and do not 

 suffer the hot sun to strike the hives. 



AUGUST. 



Do not fail to supersede impotent queens. Between bass- 

 wood and fall bloom it may pay to feed sparingly. Give 

 plenty of room for queen and workers, as fall storing com- 

 mences. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Remove all surplus boxes and frames as soon as storing 

 ceases, which usually occurs about the middle of this month. 

 See that all colonies have enough stores for winter. If neces- 

 sary to feed honey or sugar for winter, it should be done at this 

 time. 



OCTOBER. 



If not already done, prepare colonies for winter. See that 

 all have at least 30 pounds, by weight, of good, capped stores, 

 and that all are strong in bees. If the bees are to be packed, 

 it should be done early in October. 



NOVEMBER. 



Before the cold days come, remove the bees to the cellar or 

 depository. 



DECEMBER. 



Now is the time to make hives, honey-boxes, etc., for the 

 coming year. Also labels for hives. These may contain just 

 the name of the colony, in which case the full record will be 

 kept in a book ; or the label may be made to contain a full 

 register as to time of formation, age of queen, etc. Slates are 

 also used for the same purpose. 



I know from experience that any who heed all of the above 

 may succeed in bee-keeping — may win a double success — 

 receive pleasure and make money. I feel sure that many 

 experienced apiarists will find advice that it may pay to follow. 

 It is probable that errors abound, and certain that much 

 remains unsaid, for of all apiarists it is true that what they do 

 not know is greatly in excess of what they do know. 



