CHAPTER X 
MID-SEASON WORK 
AFTER his supers are on the bee-keeper must 
redouble his vigilance, or he will be liable to 
suffer loss in various directions. Particular care 
must be exercised in seeing that the bees have 
plenty of room for storage purposes, and space 
must always be given in advance of their require- 
ments. The exact amount of space required is a 
matter which can only be learned by experience, 
but it may be said that an abundance may be given 
to strong colonies at the commencement of the 
season. Towards the end of the honey flow much 
more care must be used, or a lot of unfinished 
work and unripe honey will be the result. When 
the honey flow is on the wane, which is easily 
seen by a peep into the supers, give extra room 
very sparingly. Empty supers of combs should 
not then be given, except to very strong stocks, 
but full combs of capped honey may be taken 
from the centre of supers and their places taken 
by empty combs. 
If too much room is given at this time the 
bees will scatter the honey, about, using a small 
portion of each of many combs, and filling none, 
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