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vigorous queen and populous colonies. By careful management practically every 

 colony in the yard can be in such condition, and then there is very little need of 

 stimulative feeding, unless very unfavorable weather comes between fruit bloom 

 and the opening of clo-^er; but the man who takes it for granted that because hel 

 fed his colonies in the fall until all had a certain quantity they will need no feed- 

 ing in the spring, may meet with great losses. It is just another illustration of 

 the fact that a man's success does not depend on the amount of manual labor ha 

 does, but on the amount of skill and carefulness with which that labor is performed.! 



Ontario Agricultural College Apiary in Winter. 



CONCLUSION. 



Bees may be wintered successfully in any part of Ontario 'either in cellars o 

 out of doors. Where the cellar has given good results its use may well be continued 

 but the beginner is advised to pack his bees on summer stands. 



Beekeeping requires less financial investment than other branches of agricu] 

 ture in comparison with the returns. Expense should, therefore, not be spare 

 in equipment, especially for winter protection. 



Preparations for winter and spring should begin early in the honey seaso: 

 by looking after the queen condition of each colony during the honey flow. Ampl 

 fall feeding, to avoid all chances of starvation in winter or spring, will be wel 

 repaid. 



Usually spring feeding is better done in autumn. Where a large number o 

 colonies are winter packed, however, it will do no harm and will usually be bene 

 ficial to place a ten-pound feeder of syrap on each colony in the packing case i 

 April. This can be done by means of the feeder-boards and style of packing cas 

 described in this bulletin, without losing any of the cluster heat. The bees shoul 

 then be disturbed as little as possible until queen clipping time in May. 



