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SEPTEMBER. 



Remove all surplus boxes and frames as Boon as stew^ 

 ceases, which usually occurs about the middle of this month : 

 feed sparingl y till the first of October. If necessary to 

 feed honey or sugar for winter, it should be done the last Oi 

 this month. 



OCTOBER. 



Prepare colonies for w inter. See that all have at least thir- 

 ty pounds, by weight, of good, capped honey, and that ail are. 

 strong ip bee's . Contract the chamber by using division boards 

 and cover well with the cloth cover and chaff cushion. If the 

 bees are to be packed, i' should be done in October. Be 

 sure that the frames of comb have a central hole through 

 which the bees can pass. 



NOVEMBER. 



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

 depository, or place them in the clamp or earth. 



DECEMBER. 



Now is the time to make hives, honey-boxes, etc. , for the 

 coming year! Also labels for hives. These may just contain 

 the name of the colony, in which case the full record will be 

 kept in a book; or the label may be made to contain a full 

 register as to time of formation, age of queen, etc., etc 

 Slates are also used for the same purpose. 



I know from experience that any who heed all of the abov« 

 may succeed in bee-keeping — may win a double success — re- 

 ceive pleasure and make money. I feel sure that many expe- 

 rienced apiarists will find advice that it may pay to follow, 

 it. is probable that errors abound, and certain that much re- 

 mains unsaid, for of all apiarists it is true that what they do 

 not know is greatly in excess of what they do know. 



