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SEPTEMBER. 



Remove all surplus boxes and frames as soon as storing 

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

 feed sparingly till the first of October. If necessary to 

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

 this month. 



OCTOBEE. 



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

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

 strong in bees. Contract the chamber by using division boards 

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

 bees are to be packed, it 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 t« 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 fuU 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 above 

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

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

 rienced apiarists will find advice that it may pay to folldw. 

 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. 



