Gleanings in bee culture . .40 Tile Total $ The walls are six inches thick. Concretewas made by mixing one part of cement tosix parts of gravel. _As many stones wereput into the forms as possible without hav-ing the stones touch each other or comecloser than I/2 inch to the surface of thewall. This accounts for the small amountof cement used. The door and window frames in the cel-lar were made of 2 x 6 oak plank, and hem-lock was used for those above the ground. The cellar ceiling joists were put in 6^ft. from the floor, and covered with cheaplumber, one foot of dry sawdust placed o
Gleanings in bee culture . .40 Tile Total $ The walls are six inches thick. Concretewas made by mixing one part of cement tosix parts of gravel. _As many stones wereput into the forms as possible without hav-ing the stones touch each other or comecloser than I/2 inch to the surface of thewall. This accounts for the small amountof cement used. The door and window frames in the cel-lar were made of 2 x 6 oak plank, and hem-lock was used for those above the ground. The cellar ceiling joists were put in 6^ft. from the floor, and covered with cheaplumber, one foot of dry sawdust placed ontop, then an air space of about one foot,then another set of joists covered withmatched flooring. The shop ceiling is 7I/2ft. from the main floor with matched floor-ing above. The hip roof gives a largeroomy upstairs for storeroom. The ceiling < 24rr 0 o1 Vegetables AND /-ruit ISO f^;/:Ti €.9. fAop.^si-^. 3^ PASSAGE DDDDEEQBBmDnnD ^ ?? PASSAGE Vegetables i—1 1—i AND Fruit —\ L_J Chaff ///vrs^l |. D[i]n00000DDnnnDD PASSAGE i&2 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE over the vegetable-cellar in the front partis single floor without sawdust gives us a 9-ft. ceiling in the extract-ing-room above. The temi^erature in the bee-cellar (whenbees are in) remains between 45 and 49degi-ees F. The outer vegetable-cellar staysabout 6 degrees colder with the middle doorsopen as shown in the plan. The bees are placed in the cellar in longtiers and piled five colonies high with 2x6-ineh plank on edge underneath. There-isjust room for a small man to get aroundbetween the tiers, so all colonies can beinspected at any time except two piles (tenhives), behind the chimney. We have 312colonies in the back or bee-cellar now, and25 chaff hives in the front cellar (see draw-ing). The cellar is the best place for colo-nies in the regiilar chaff hives in this north-ern locality. We do not expect to lose a single colony of bees this present putting the hives in the cel
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