FORTY YEARS AMONG TUE BEES. 



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TIME FOR GIVING SUPERS. 



You see that I did not commence putting' on supers 

 till 12 days after I saw the first clover-blossom, and if I 



Fig. 40. — Original Miller Feeder. 



had had only a dozen colonies, I mig-ht have waited later, 

 but with a large number I must commence in time so that 

 all shall be on as soon as needed. Usually I put on supers 

 as nearly as convenient to ten days after seeing the very 

 first white clover blossom. A little time before bees com- 

 mence work in supers, little bits of pure, white wax will 

 be seen stuck on the old comb about the upper part, yet I 

 hardly wait for this, but go rather by the clover. 



Another year (1884), I saw the first clover-blossom 

 on May 21, apple being still in full bloom; and I com- 

 menced putting on supers June 2. One year, I re- 

 member, clover failed on July 4, the earliest I ever remem- 

 ber. 



