58 
the caps off a little with a fork, the bees will carry 
down the honey from a number of different cards in a 
single day, if attended to and replaced as fast as emp- 
tied. The entrance of the hives must be contracted to 
an inch or less, to prevent robbery, and ventilation 
generally closed. They should be set down cellar for 
a day or two, if practicable. 
Where bees are to remain out of doors, I would 
recommend that each comb be perforated with a small- 
sized hole, one inch in diameter, down from the top 
some two or three inches, near the central portion of 
the frame ; this will give the bees a chance to pass 
from one comb to another, and give them free access to 
their stores, and prevent their starving, as they now 
frequently do, when this is not done. Frames contain- 
ing honey can be sometimes selected from other full 
hives, in emergencies of this kind. 
JIOVEHBER HASAOEHEIKT. 
If you have fulfilled your duties in September and 
October, little need be done this month more than to 
keep a little look-out that they do not get to robbing in 
pleasant days. 
DECEHIIER IHAtTAOEMEIVT. 
The management of bees this month will vary 
according to localities. The Eastern States, Canadas, 
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the Western 
States vary somewhat in climate, and no definite time 
can be selected, for which to place your bees in winter 
quarters. Whenever the weather becomes cold and is 
likely to remain so ; in whatever location you are , your 
bees should now be put in winter quarters. If you 
