Bee-keepers’ Calendar 
From Langstroth 
SPRINQ.— Keep hives warm, give plenty of food, 
nelp weak colonies, look out for robbers, remove drone 
oon &JKSPK? queen-breeding and for honey crop. 
SUMMER.— Watch for swarms, and make divisions 
if increase is needed. Give sufficient storage room. 
Give additional ventilation if needed. Whenever the 
crop is over remove the surplus. 
FALL. Look out for robbers, and for moths on 
unoccupied combs. See that all hives have sufficient 
stores for winter. Unite worthless colonies to others. 
WINTER. For out of doors pack absorbents in 
upper story, removing: air-tight quilts. Shelter as 
much as possible from winds. Leave the bees quiet In 
cold weather, and see that they have a flight in warm 
weather. Do not be confident of safe wintering till 
March is over. Then proportionate the room to the 
strength of the colony. For cellar wintering, take the 
bees in after a warm day and leave them quiet in the 
dark, with an even temperature: take them out on a 
warm day. and decrease the brood-chumber to suit the 
strength of the colonies. 
Bee-keepers’ Axioms 
From Langitroth 
A man who knows all about bees," and does not 
believe that any thing more can be gained by reading 
bee-journals, new bee-books, eto., will soon be far 
behind the age. Yet as what Is written in the Journals 
and books (ours Included) is not always correct, every 
bee-keeper should try to sift the grain from the chafl 
In the districts where forage is abundant for only a 
short period, the largest yield of honey will he secured 
by a very moderate increase of colonies 
A moderate increase of colonies in any one season 
will, in the long run. prove to be the easiest, safest, 
and cheapest mode of managing bees. 
The formation of new colonies should ordinarily be 
confined to the season when bees arc accumulating 
honey; and if this, or any other operation, must be 
performed when forage is scarce, the greatest precau- 
tion should be used to prevent robbing. 
