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they can find room to store it ; but if the honey ex- 
tractor is used every one or two days, an immense 
amount of choice honey is obtained. 
August. — The moth and robber-bees are very de- 
structive in this month, and therefore the greatest at- 
tention is necessary to prevent their depredations. 
Surplus honey should be removed early in the morning 
or after sundown, exposing the honey as little as possi- 
ble. All clover honey should be taken from the hive 
and empty boxes with combs, put on, to receive the 
darker colored buckwheat honey. 
If situated in the vicinity of buckwheat fields, 
swarms sometimes issue, and be made into prime stocks 
by furnishing them with one or more combs and frames 
filled with honey. Wild bees may be hunted in this 
month, and lines obtained fiom buckwheat fields. Dur- 
ing this month Italian queens may be introduced. 
In localities where “ Golden Rod ” grows in abund- 
ance, natural swarms will issue as freely as in the 
month of June ; and such swarms will not only fill their 
hive, but will usually yield a surplus. 
September. — A large quantity of honey is frequently 
gathered during this month, from buckwheat, golden 
rod, and other late flowers, but the bees are not dis- 
posed to store it in boxes so late in the season. They 
are hot able to accumulate the necessary neat for comb- 
building, unless the boxes have large openings and close 
