MARCH.
Clean the hive-boards again, and should any of the stocks require feeding, supply them, attending strictly to the directions given in Chap. IX. Towards the end of this month place a vessel, containing water, near the Bees, as directed in [page 3]. This also will be found a good time to examine the pedestals upon which the hives stand, for after remaining some years in the ground they are subject to decay at a few inches below its surface, especially if regard was not paid to the quality of the timber at the time of fixing them.