MANAGING BEES. 
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that the Queen is not interrupted in deposit- 
ing her eggs to raise young bees in the spring 
following. 
A good swarm of bees in the Vermont 
Hive should weigh at least 25 pounds the 1st 
of December, in addition to the weight of 
the hive. • 
Care should be exercised, in fall-feeding, 
to supply them with good honey, otherwise 
the colony may be lost before spring by dis- 
ease. Poor honey may be given them in the 
• spring, at the time when they can obtain and 
provide themselves with medicine, which 
they only best understand. 
Sugar dissolved, or molasses, may be used 
in the spring to some advantage; but ought 
not to be substituted for honey, when it can 
be obtained. 
RULE XII. 
ON WINTERING BEES. 
Turn over the drawers so as to prevent the 
entrance of the bees, or their breath, in Sep- 
tember or fore part of October. When cold 
