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III.— AUTUMN. 



Examine all hives, feed when necessary, and unite all weak 

 colonies. Introduce queens to queenless stocks, and if necessary 

 to reduce the number of frames, leave only as man)"^ as the 

 bees can well crowd, and close up with division boards. About 

 25 to 30 pounds of food stores would be sufficient to leave, and 

 extract all unsealed stores beyond a couple of pounds or so. Cut 

 winter passages through the combs, and make passages over the 

 frames by placing sticks under the quilts. Place warm cover- 

 ings above frames, and reduce the size of entrances. Prepare 

 honey for mai-ket, sort the sections into first and second quality, 

 and put into crates holding twelve to twenty-four. Put the 

 exti'acted honey as soon as possible into jars, before it begins to 

 granulate, and label neatly. 



IV.— WINTEE. 



If properly attended to in the autumn, the bees ought not 

 to be disturbed until the spring. Shade the entrances of hives, 

 and prevent the sun's rays entering to entice the bees to come 

 out. Guard against the attack of birds and mice. Clean and 

 prepare hives for spring use, and purchase or make any new 

 apparatus required, so as to be in readiness in the spring. Boil 

 up old combs and extract wax. 



Should feeding have been neglected in the autumn, place a 

 good-sized cake of soft candy above feed-hole in quilts, or under 

 the quilt over the cluster of bees. 



Por full information upon working Moveable Comb Hives, read 

 and study the British Bee-heeper's Cfuide Book, by the same 

 author. 



As a knowledge of the natural history and habits of the honey 

 bee is of the gi-eatest assistance to the bee-keeper in his practical 

 work, he is recommended during the winter months to study The 

 Honey Bee : its Natmral History, Anatomy, and Physiology, by 

 the same author. 



London : Printed by Steattoewavs aNP Spns. To-wer Streef OaiDli>rid^e Circqa. W.O. 



