Show I 1 tho the stormy cold tl days ys may be profitably spent by in overhauling hives and giving them a coat of paint advice is given by the prairie farmer to make a calculation of how many hives v will vill ill bo be needed and make a mem oran durn of it bo be sure that there are frames for them all see if there are sections section enough for another season and cases enough to hold them examine the smoker arid and see it if it will stand another seasons we use when the memorandum or is made out arito for a catalogue of beekeepers bee keepers supplies from the nearest thy apiarian who si bo keeps these on oil sale and order everything needed at one oae time jt it all le be cheaper and you can tide bide your time now with much better grace than it if you were losing a honey crop for the iva want U t of them when the supplies arrive the hives should be nailed painted and stored in a convenient place with the frames in them ready fur use the cases nailed and painted the sections put to together geaber with foundation in them aud and the cases filled leody to put on at a 1 moments notice caro should be tal taken en in piling zip up the cases that they tit fit closely one upon another anil and the top one ona covered closely to prevent the a of dust during the press of other business it will take but a moment to slip clip on one of these prepared cases othera otherwise ise if it was not ready the honey boney would go to waste for lack of time to prepare tho the case |