204 SUMMARY. 



CHAP. XXVIL 



A SUMMARY Of MONTHLY MANAGEMENT. 



S the moft natural, it will be proper to 

 begin our bee year with 



October. 



This month requires no other fuperin- 

 tendance, than fome cafual obfervations, viz. 

 that the ftocks are not attacked by robbers 

 (for this, though not common in this month, 

 fometimes happens) ; and that no infe&s or 

 vermin harbour about the hives. 



November* 

 It is proper to clean the floors, or rather 

 to exchange them for clean and warm ones. 

 Cover boxes, efpecially about the tops, with 

 matts or ftraw. If any ftocks are light, feed 

 them, which in this cafe muft be continued 



through 



