How to choofe Stock Hives in September 8g 
fides a great deal of trouble, and little or no 
fuccefs, foon become a broken Bee-matter. 
In September every ftock hive ought to con- 
tain as ‘rauch honey, as will fupply the bees 
with food, till June following ; and as many 
bees as will preferve heat in the hive, and 
thereby refift the feverity of a cold winter, and 
act as fo many valiant foldiers, to defend the 
community from the invafions of foreign ene- 
mies in fpring, And,as September may be faid. 
to be the bee-matfter’s feed time, as well as his 
harveft, we fhall begin with it, and go round 
the circle of the year, giving fuch directions 
as are neceflary to be obferved in the different 
feafons, till we arrive again at the fame pertod. 
Therefore the bee-mafter fhould purchafe a 
proper number of hives in Auguit, or Sep- 
tember, when they are at the cheapeft rate. 
They thould be full of combs, and well ftored 
with bees and honey; and fhould, weigh at 
Jeaft 30lb. each; if heavier, fo much the bet- 
ter; for light hives run a great rifk of perifh« 
ing by famine, unlefs the bees are fupplied 
with food: which will coft as much expence, 
and a great deal more trouble, * befides a con~ 
M fiderable 
* However, when a fufficient number of good fingle hives 
fer 
