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getting hives, supers, and other appliances, in good shape, and
  I in extracting and marketing the crop of honey.
° ~ " KENT·UCKY TEMPERATURE BY MONTHS -
I I For About 40 Years-U. S. Weather Bureau Records
I  
I Range of Mean Minimum, Maximum,
I MONTH Temperature, Degrees, Degrees, Degrees,
_ Fahrenheit Fahrenheit Fahrenheit
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In January 27-44 -14 72
_ February 23-45 -20 75
I March 36-54 -1 85
  April 45-62 15 88
I May 58-71 30 93  
_   June 69-77 40 99 1
It July 73-80 51 102  
  August I 70-80 46 100 ·  
  I September I 64-73 I 32 98 *
IU October I 50-65 21 89
  November I 38-53 2 78
  December I 25-45 -9 71
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  A SCHEDULE FOR THE BEE SEASON IN KENTUCKY
  March
  If the weather is unfavorable to opening hives, let them alone.
II; Some feeding can be done during forward seasons.
  April .
  Inspect for queens and stores. Clip queens when not already '
I? done. Feed colonies, if with too little stores.
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  May
 
 I.  Remove packing. Give water in pans or troughs set about hives.
·  June
 I  Place supers on hives. Cut out queen cells and place in nuclei ’
ii for reserve queens. 4
  July
  Remove supers full of honey. Clean sections and put away in
  cases. Extract honey. Requeen colonies if they have old or undesir-
  able queens.