. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 40 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES be bad (o lia\e smoke in the cellar, but as the bees are immedi- alelj' to have a chance to fly, it does no harm to have the cellar filled with smoke. The hive entrances are left open; and as the hives have been taken into the cellar with covers and bottom- boards just as on the summer stands, the work can be done rapidly. Before each hi\'e leaves the cellar, I make sure there are live bees in it, by placing my ear at the entrance. If I hear nothing I blow into the entrance. That generally brings an. Fii/. 13—E')il rcmce-hlotks
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 40 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES be bad (o lia\e smoke in the cellar, but as the bees are immedi- alelj' to have a chance to fly, it does no harm to have the cellar filled with smoke. The hive entrances are left open; and as the hives have been taken into the cellar with covers and bottom- boards just as on the summer stands, the work can be done rapidly. Before each hi\'e leaves the cellar, I make sure there are live bees in it, by placing my ear at the entrance. If I hear nothing I blow into the entrance. That generally brings an. Fii/. 13—E')il rcmce-hlotks immediate response, but sometimes I will blow several times before getting a sleepy reply from a strong colony. That pleases me. If any are dead they are piled to one side in the cellar. PLACING OF COLONIES. Colonies intended for the home apiary are set upon their stands. Those for the out-apiaries are set upon the ground not far from the cellar, being placed in pairs, two hives almost touching, then a space of a foot or more between that pair and the next pair, so as to occujiy as little room as possible. ( Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Miller, C. C. (Charles C. ), 1831-1920. Medina, Ohio : A. I. Root Co.
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