upon which we are feeding back, which is done as fast as the sections are completed. During all this time, since the feeding was commenced, we have been watching each colony, and jotting down upon the hive cover, its characteristics, and in reducing the number of colonies, we, of course, reject those that have worked in the least satisfactory manner. We continue to keep two cases upon each hive, and as the colonies work with greatly varying rapidity, there is no difficulty, by changing about the cases, to keep next to the brood nest those sections that are the nearest completion. In gathering the sections together upon fewer hives we always take bees and all, thus we are continually strengthening the colonies upon which we are feeding-back. It is folly to expect the bees to finish up all the sections upon a hive. Even though the feeding be continued, the sections will not be completed in a satisfactory manner. So long as the feeding is continued the bees act as though they reasoned something like this ''We must make the cells as deep as possible, and delay the capping until the last moment, in order to make room for all the honey that we can ; and, if there isn't cells enough, we must build more, even if it be in those cramped-up little places between the tiers of cases.'' After the combs are drawn out to full length, filled with honey and nearly sealed, we have secured better results by giving the bees no feed for three or four days ; then giving them a light feed, and omitting the feeding for several days. The bees then behave as though they considered the harvest over and ended. They seal up most of the cells, and from those that they do not seal they remove the honey. But there is a much better way of managing this part of the business. When the sections are nearly all finished, we put them upon as few hives as possible, placing two cases upon a hive ; and then upon each hive, above the cases of nearly completed sections we place a case of sections filled with foundation. The bees proceed at once to draw out the foundation and fill it with honey, and this additional storing room appears to bring about a feeling that there is no further necessity for holding open the cells below, and they are sealed forthwith. When the two lower cases are completed, the upper case will, perhaps, be found one-half finished, and these upper cases may be gathered together, bees and all, and placed, two upon each hive, over those colonies that show the greatest aptitude for this kind of work, and the feeding continued until the sections are almost completed, when it will again be necessary to place a case of sections containing foundation upon each hive. We have continued this work until, at last, all the sections were upon one hive and the sections all completed except the last added to the top. After bees have been fed awhile, they secrete very large quantities of wax. The little flakes of it can be seen between the scales of the abdomen, and, unless allowed to build comb, the bees will plaster with wax the woodwork of the sections, the inside of the feeders, cases, etc. The moral is, allow them to build comb. Have a row or two rows of sections in the upper case filled with starters only ; thus there is secured, in the shape of comb, what would otherwise be wasted. Although we cannot control the temperature, it may be well to know that the hotter the weather the more rapid and satisfactory will be the work of the bees when we are ''feeding-back.''