and the raising of honey. Secure it in the 
autumn or winter before you get your bees. 
While reading it and observing the many il- 
lustrations that make the subject simpler 
than I can exhibit it here, you will think it 
all easy, as indeed it is— become so interest- 
ed and enchanted with bees, their ways, 
their honey, and the shrewd means devised 
to secure it readily from them, that you will 
be impatient for the time to arrive when you 
may begin the sport. 
Of the items in the table given above, you 
need pay out in the winter or early spring 
only for Nos. 1, 2, and 10. Your book will 
answer all questions. Nos. 1 and 2 will edu- 
cate you in advance about handling a hive. 
A few weeks before white clover blooms, 
get No. 11; that is, your bees. Also get 3, 
4, 5, 6, and have 9 in readiness. Nos. 7 and 
8 you may secure later, the middle of May, 
to be ready for a swarm likely to come out 
two or three weeks after the honey harvest 
arrives. Of course, if you can spare the 
money it will be best to buy all at once and 
familiarize yourself with each article as you 
read your bee-book. 
WHAT TO DO FIRST. 
There is little to do to get your colony at 
work for you. Purchase your bees from 
some dealer who can send them on the 
sized frames of your hive. He will send 
these frames and the adhering bees in a 
4 ' nucleus box. ' ' They will be tacked in and 
a piece of screen wire fastened over the top 
of the box to insure them plenty of air Put 
on your veil and gloves. You will not need 
a smoker after the shaking-up they have 
had. Remove the wire. Loosen and lift 
out the frames, setting them into your wait- 
ing hive, removing two of the new ones to 
do it. Cut a small piece of table oilcloth to 
fit over the top of all the ten frames, spread 
