STATE ENTOMOLOGIST OP COLORADO 



important provided insulation is provided on all sides including the 



bottom. If colonies are 

 packed in long rows, 

 there is the objection 

 that the bees drift from 

 the weaker colonies to 

 the stronger ones. If ar- 

 ranged in groups of four 

 (Pig. 2), two facing east 

 and two ^vust, they may 

 be left on the same stand 

 throughout the year and 

 are readily manipulat- 

 ed during the summer. 

 There are several 

 methods of pr()\iding 

 extra protection to the 

 colonies for outdoor Avin- 

 tering. It is liardlj^ pos- 

 sible to describe even 

 briefly any one plan in 



Figure 2 — A Pour-colony Winter Case. 



detail in this short Mi-tick-'. 



Too much value can hardly be |)ltice(l on a good windbreak. E^•er- 

 greens so placed as to break the wind from the north and west are 

 w.vy good. If these can not be provided, the apiary should be placed 

 in a gulch on the leeward side of the hill, or in a grove of trees. Too 

 much reliance should not be placed in buildings as windbreaks, for 

 1hey often serve to divert the wind slightly.. 



ILn'ing juit the bees away for the winter in good condition the bee- 

 keejicr can next look forward to the coming of spring and the resump- 

 tion of acti\-ity again. If the details have been attended to properly 

 one need have little fear for the bees coming through the winter in 

 good condition and rcad>- for the work of the season. 



SPRING MANAGEMENT 



The outstanding thing in the spring is to provide the conditions nec- 

 essary permitting the bees to get the maximum crop and be ready for 

 tlie honey flow. All the work which occurs in the .spring should have 

 been done the fall before. 



Plenty of Stores: If there has not been enough honey left with the 

 colony in the fall provision must be made to feed the colony in the 

 spring a good syrup made from two ])arts of water to one of granulated 



