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sometimes left in the cellar till May. As a rule, bees are 
not, and should not be, wintered in cellars, south of the 
39th degree of latitude. 
882. Apriv.— Bees will ordinarily begin to gather much 
pollen (263), in this month, and sometimes considerable 
honey. As brood is now very rapidly maturing, there is 
a largely increased demand for honey, and great care should 
be taken to prevent the bees from suffering for want of 
food (607). Ifthe supplies are at all deficient, breeding will 
be checked, even if much of the brood does not perish, or 
the whole colony die of starvation. Ifthe weather is pro- 
pitious, and the bees do not have a liberal supply of stores 
on hand, feeding to promote a more rapid increase of 
young may now be commenced (605). Feeble colonies 
must now be reinforced (480), and should the weather 
continue cold for several days at a time, the bees ought to 
be supplied with water (271) in their hives. 
This point is much neglected, by ourselves, as well as by 
others, in practice, but we are convinced that much of our 
April loss is due to the bees going in search of water in in- 
clement weather (662). At this time, if not before, the 
larvee of the bee-moth will begin to make their appearance, 
and should be carefully destroyed, not that they are very 
damaging to bees in a carefully-conducted Apiary, but only 
that they give annoyance by their presence on the combs 
or comb-honey, removed from the bees, in the latter 
part of the season (812). ‘‘One stitch in time saves 
nine.’’ One moth killed in April, prevents several thou- 
sand in October. 
It is at this time, that the hives should be inspected, to 
remove all drone comb (228) that can be found, as well 
as crooked combs and broken pieces,—to be replaced by 
straight worker comb (676), or strips of foundation 
(674). At this time, also, the hives that are intended for 
drone raising (611), should be supplied with sufficient 
