OCTOBER.
Examine the coverings to the hives that they be all sound, and that no rain be admitted through them; the entrances may now be narrowed, if Taylor's slider be used (page 18) the side with three openings will be most proper for this season.
NOVEMBER.
Clean the floor-boards of the hives, and see that they stand firmly on their pedestals, contract the entrance so that only one bee can come out at a time, for at this season mice are likely to lodge themselves in the hives.
DECEMBER.
The same attentions are necessary this month as in the two preceding, but if the cold should be intense the hives must not be removed.
FINIS.
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