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operation; do not meddle with a hive that does not weigh 

 thirty pounds. 



Determine this month on the hives which are intended to 

 be kept as stocks, and to those hives particular attention 

 must be paid, in order to observe if the necessary signs be 

 shown which indicate a populous and healthy hive. 



Towards the close of the month, prepare the utensils 

 necessary for the final deprivation of the hives, and the 

 manipulation of the wax and honey. 



The business of the apiarian is this month principally 

 passive; a regular survey of the hives must be taken, and 

 if they be found in an active state of labour, and exhibit 

 other signs of health which have been already described, 

 the less they are disturbed, the better. 



SEPTEMBER. 



The time is now arrived when all the useless mouths are 

 discarded from the hive ; the drones are killed in all well- 

 conditioned hives, and the honey season is drawing to a 

 close. 



Remove your stocks to better pasture. The heath is now 

 in bloom. This is a good season for founding an apiary, 

 by purchasing the swarms of the current year. Pay par- 

 ticular attention to those hives which have not killed their 

 drones ; some radical defect exists, and if suffered to pass 

 without the application of an immediate remedy, the ruin 

 of the hive may be the result. 



Examine well the exterior of your hives ; a new covering 

 should now be given them, made of the straw of the pre- 

 sent harvest. 



If the attack of the wasp be found to be formidable, 

 which frequently occurs in this month, let the entrance to 

 the hives be contracted, or let them be removed to a dis- 

 tant pasture, especially as the heath still continues to be in 

 bloom. 



