50 MANUAL OF THE APIAKY. 



store?, now is when it will be felt. In such cases feed either honey, sugar, or 

 place candy on top of the frames beneath the quilt. 



♦ APBIL. 



During this month the bees may all be set out. It will be best to feed all, 

 and give all access to flour, when they will work at it, though usually they can 

 get pollen as soon as they can fly out. Keep the brood chamber contracted so 

 that the frames will all be covered, and cover warm above the bees to economize 

 heat. 



MAY. 



Prepare nuclei to start extra queens. Feed sparingly till bloom appears. 

 Give room for storing. Extract if necessary, and keep close watch, that you 

 may anticipate and forestall any attempt to swarm. Now, too, is the best time 

 to transfer. 



JUSTE. 



Keep all colonies supplied with vigorous, prolific queens. Divide the colonies, 

 as may be desired, especially enough to prevent attempts at swarming. Extract 

 if necessary or best ; adjust frames or boxes, if comb honey is desired, and be 

 sure to keep all the white clover honey, in whatever form taken, separate from 

 all other. Now is the best time to Italianize. 



JULY. 



The work of this month is about the same as that of June. Supersede all 

 poor and feeble queens. Keep the bass-wood honey by itseK, and remove boxes 

 or frames as soon as full. Be sure that queens and workers have plenty of 

 room to do their best, and suffer not the hot sun to strike the hives. 



AUGUST. 



Don't 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 commences. 



SEPTEIIBEE. 



Remove all surplus boxes and frames as soon as storing ceases, which usually 

 occurs about the middle of this month ; feed sparingly till the first of October. 

 If robbing occurs, contract the entrance of the hive robbed. If it is desired to 

 feed honey or sugar for winter, it should be done the last of this month. 



OCTOBEK. 



Prepare colonies for winter. See that all have at least thirty pounds of good 

 capped honey, and that all are strong in bees. Contract the entrance by using 

 division board, and cover well with the quilt. Be sure that one or two cen- 

 tral frames of comb contain many empty cells, and that all have a central hole 

 through which the bees can go. 



NOVEMBER. 



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

 pack about those left out on the summer stands. 



