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board. (Page 32.) Feed needy stocks honey or syrup till 
dowers 'become plenty. (Page 110.) Put up boxes for wrens. 
(Page 104.) Transfer bees into movable-comb hives, being care- 
ful not to chill the brood. (Page 95.) 
May. 
The colonies are now steadily and rapidly growing strong, 
and will usually make a start in the boxes before swarming. 
Remember the guide combs. Dip one edge in melted beeswax 
and stick it fast in the top of the box before cooling. (Page 
51.) Remove the entrance slide from good stocks, if not done 
before. Continue to destroy the moth-worm. (Page 104.) 
Should a queenless colony be discovered at this season, a queen 
may be introduced from another stock, and that allowed to con- 
struct queen cells, which may be used. As soon as drones have 
made their appearance, steps may be taken to secure the con- 
struction of queen-cells for nucleus swarming. (Page 65.) 
Strong stocks, especially Italians, often swarm towards the last 
of this mouth. 
June. 
If natural swarming be permitted, the close and prolonged 
attention of the bee-keeper is now demanded. If an Italian 
queen is to be introduced, she may be caged and given to a first 
swarm after hunting out its queen and returning her to the 
parent stock , or given to the parent stock if in a frame hive. 
Prevent over-swarming by removing queen-cclls. (Page 28.) 
Give the bees the shortest road to the honey boxes by open- 
ing the fly-holes. Give boxes to swarms as soon as the hives 
