WINTER AND SPRING \\'ORK 



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Fig. 20. The ordinary ten-pound friction-top pail with one or two holes 

 in the cover may be used as a stimulative feeder. 



the spring, since one of the principles of successful wintering is 

 ample stores in the fall. 



In a similar manner, if proper preparations were taken the 

 fall before, the bugaboo of "spring dwindling" will usually itself 

 "dwindle" to insignificance. A young queen, ample stores, and 

 plenty of young bees in the late fall are the best cures for dwindling 

 in spring — outapiary or home yard. 



Building up — Stimulative Feeding 



The mam factor in spring management, of course, is to have 

 all colonies built up to maximum strength for the main honey 

 flow, whether it be for the orange blossom of California or the 

 white clover of Iowa. 



