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gather enough bee-bread from these, and will need no 
more care in that respect. 
During this month and May, salt should be occa- 
sionally put either on the bee-stands or on some loose 
boards in different parts of the yard. Bees are great 
lovers of salt and it is believed to promote their 
general health. 
April Management in the Box or Straw Hives . — 
Where they have been put into the cellar they may be 
treated through the winter and spring months about the 
same as bees in my hives ; should they get short of 
honey, some comb filled with it may be laid on the top 
of their combs while in the cellar, (the hives being 
bottom side up,) and they will soon carry it below. 
This should never occur; always avoid feeding bees in 
winter, if possible. If feeding must be done, let it be 
done in the fall. Your bees in the old style of hives 
should be brought out and placed on the stands at the 
same time as those in my style of hives, and for a few 
weeks you should go occasionally and turn them up, 
and brush all the filth from under them, keeping a 
good watch that they do not go to robbing. Should 
they do so, you ought to have the entrance of your 
hives fitted to use my Patent Regulator, as they easily 
ean be, and give them a small entrance. The use of 
this alone, even where the old-fashioned hive is made 
use of, is worth much more than I ask for the right 
to use my hive and all my improvements. 
MAT M MAC. ICMEVT. 
The colonies having all been arranged on the first of 
April, little need be done at this time. The soft maple 
is now in full bloom and yields a fair quantity and 
