. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 489 ^^^^HRv^T i ^ r_i , ,iii„,i r ? M ii 1 ^^B *?"' Tl^ " . —'' '^ ' —^ of cloth, such as sacks, carpets and old coats, directly over the colony and then cover with a pack of saw- dust or leaves. They came very near convincing me that bees could not winter in northern Wisconsin with the covers sealed on. Shortly after my visit to the yard, I had an occa- .sion to see some of the bees in my Shawano County yard, and having inches on top. Mr. Gentz is a mem- ber of the group of "upward ventila- ; He is i
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 489 ^^^^HRv^T i ^ r_i , ,iii„,i r ? M ii 1 ^^B *?"' Tl^ " . —'' '^ ' —^ of cloth, such as sacks, carpets and old coats, directly over the colony and then cover with a pack of saw- dust or leaves. They came very near convincing me that bees could not winter in northern Wisconsin with the covers sealed on. Shortly after my visit to the yard, I had an occa- .sion to see some of the bees in my Shawano County yard, and having inches on top. Mr. Gentz is a mem- ber of the group of "upward ventila- ; He is in a section which pro- duces very fine crops of honey from wild raspberries and fireweed, as well as occasional crops from clover and basswood. He claims that experience demonstrates that bees wintered out of doors build up faster in the spring. This, no doubt, is accounted for by Fig. 4.—The Eskil packing case like Mr. Bishop, as it was with Mr. Schmidt, who worked out the system many yeai-s ago. These fellows laugh at the arguments put up by the "up- ward ; Fig. 3.—Mr. Kreiger's yard at Rio, Kewaunee County. Mr. Kreiger keeps bees very suc- cessfully "the good old-fashioned ; As shown in the picture, he uses the straw skep. He claims that the bees winter better in these than in modern hives, and he proves it by his experience. During the winter the bees are stored in a small house, the walls of which contain about 6 inches of packing. Mr. Kreiger had a number of prime swarms in May. It is indeed interesting to find a bee-. Fig. -Forest County yard in winter cases found them very contented and dry in spite of the sealed covers, I de- cided to investigate further. Fig. 5.—A corner of the yard of m W^^Uff^HBl.'l!!^!!!!^'!""'^^^^^ m^B^M the protection which the packed colo- nies have during the spring. Fig. 6.—D. A. Blanchard's yard at Antigo, Langlade County, Wis. Here the colonies are placed side by side, each alternat
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