lyj. AUGUST. 



ed by admixture with the darker. During hot weather be careful always 

 to give the broodnest good ventilation, but keep the boxes closed for 

 wax working. 



AUGUST. 



In many places but little honey is gathered this month, but in others 

 the main summer supply is laid away. Of course different manage- 

 ment applies, according to location. If honey abounds, continue treat- 

 ment as in July — keeping each hive supplied with boxes, or extracting 

 frequently. Where dark buckwheat is plentiful we advise giving frames 

 of foundation in exchange for sealed combs, which should be set away 

 for winter. We advise this especially where bees can be gotten in the 

 fall from neighbors who " take up " their bees and where aster, golden- 

 rod, smartweed, or other fall flowers abound, which produce good 

 honey. This can be saved and the less salable buckwheat honey be 

 substituted for winter, or used for filling hives for bees gotten from 

 neighbors. 



This is the best month for Italianizing if it is done by purchasing 

 queens, because they are cheaper than at any other time of the year ; 

 the hives are not necessarily disturbed during their previous work, and 

 they go into winter quarters just right to turn out good Italian workers 

 for the next season. Be careful always to have brood reared plentifully 

 this month and next, even if feeding is necessary, because hives strong 

 with young bees in the fall, winter much better, and develope much 

 more rapidly in the spring than those that cease rearing brood at this 

 season of the year. Whenever no good honey harvest is expected after 

 this, care should be promptly taken to see that empty cells are in the 

 centre of the hive for broodrearing, and that there is a full amount of 

 supplies given for winter. 



