Show bee culture by C I 1 11 otholo lt holo As spring a opens anci and the bees begin begill to 11 freely one of the farst things to bo be dono done ie Is to dean litan lit an tho the hot bot boin board this tills is done in ili two baj wa the way I 1 prefer is to liac diac an ail ex extra tra bo ml in then ly tile hid of nn a 1 I 1 assistant as s Is t t I 1 nian aure to lift tho tile entire hie up till high 0 to make room for the of tho the old board which i is s ba b a cle clean clein in one it will now nor take but a moment to wash and daj the lie bo baird ml just removed winch should be smeared with tir on the un and then it is to take the place of another an which should bo be cleall Ld d taid as above abon e until nil all tile ill hives CS in the apiary are burnish cd ed with clean boards another waa wa is to diw anio c an assistant raise the ili hive e ei eight aitor or ten inches high then with to the he aid of i a broom or brush sweep tho tile bottom bo ml ird clean ns as possible and then bi abst lt the ht lib 0 back just as ag it was this is the tile C wa V ay 3 ct et I 1 think it is shiftless shift cs and lacks lacia much of bringas being as good gooda a plan as the first Cl eining the bottom blaids will the bees at least leist two weeks work in earl spring affer a 30 u hai have c attended to alic bottom boards and got ot them in ili good order tho the next thing thin 0 and roost most important work will be tc ta examine c arv ili hac c to see if tile II 11 hue lie a bent quantity of stores this is best dolie bs b lifting the frames and can innig tile comb cate should be taken not to mistake the brood for honey II 11 leonc the tile cells will WIIL bo be capped oci oel and ti feely while the brood pie presents nil all uncivil 11 and unsightly 13 appe while lookin looking 0 the store you should keep a lookout for c once of a 1 I good queen which v can ail bo be known ba b tile amount of ego and brood if the queen is A 1 good one tile begs eggs 00 will lo 10 cealy enly dis tributes tri buted a and d only ono one in a ce cell tf the tile queen s a di aiono one 13 lier er she N will I 1 if deposit t her eggs in groups and patches pro inia inis cugusi all oi oica or the comb if tile ili anc c has a fertile worker instead of a 3 oil wil will c tho tile cells celli contain from one to effic eggs 0 A furtive workers eggs helel hatch aej an bees but drones A drone lasers eggs cp gs nill bo be about half halt droll drones and irda workers will give a R if f a 1 perfect und 1111 how to raise tile in my try next w yours tanh j Q 0 enoi H |