OF MANAGING BEES. 99 



QUESTIONS TO BEE-OWNEES. 



Evert bee-owner should be able to answer the following 

 questions in the affirmative, if he wishes to make his bees 

 profitable : ,;■• 



Have you weighed and marked the weight on all your 

 hives, before using them 1 (p- 61.) 



Have you scratched the under side of the chamber floor 1 

 (p. 15.) ' 



Did you secui;e the hive from the rays of the sun at the 

 time of hiving the bees ? (p. '29.) 



Did you let the bees into the drawers at the time of hiv- 

 ing aU your large swarms ? (p. 29.) 



Did you close the hive, and move it as directed 1 (p. 30.) 



Have you let down the bottom board, and turned the 

 drawers, as directed ? (p. 30.) 



Have you removed your honey before buckwheat is in 

 blossom? (p-42.) . 



Have you taken the queens from i^l your late swarms? 

 (pp. 53, 58, 90, 91.) 



Have you turned your drawers, so as to prevent the 

 breath of the bees from entering them in September ] — 

 (p. 69.) .'*- 



Have you fed your destitute stocks in October ] (pp. 61, 

 62, 63, 64.) 

 ^ Have you weighed your stock hives, and is there at least 

 25 lbs. in addition to the weight of the hive, on the 1st of 

 December? (p. 63.) 



