. Advanced bee-culture : methods and management . Bees; Bee culture. ADVANCED BEE-CULTURE- f] Whether bees can be successfully win- tered in a damp cellar, depends largely, ' almost wholly, upon the temperature of the atmosphere. "If the repository be damp, a degree of temperature higher in proportion to the dampness should be ;—N. \V. McLain. Refer- ring to this statement, Mr. Frank Che- shire says: "The reason being that wa- ter has an enormous capacity for heat (specific heat) whether in the liquid or vaporous form; the latter abstracts heat from the bees and inten
. Advanced bee-culture : methods and management . Bees; Bee culture. ADVANCED BEE-CULTURE- f] Whether bees can be successfully win- tered in a damp cellar, depends largely, ' almost wholly, upon the temperature of the atmosphere. "If the repository be damp, a degree of temperature higher in proportion to the dampness should be ;—N. \V. McLain. Refer- ring to this statement, Mr. Frank Che- shire says: "The reason being that wa- ter has an enormous capacity for heat (specific heat) whether in the liquid or vaporous form; the latter abstracts heat from the bees and intensives their strug- gle," Dr. Youmans says: "Air which is already saturated with moisture re- fuses to receive the perspiration offered it from the skin and lungs and the sewage of the system is dammed up.'' A moist air very readily absorbs heat, and more quickly robs the bees of that element so essential to life; hence it will be seen whj' a moist atmosphere must also be a warm one if disastrous results are to be avoided. There is also another point, in the win- tering of bees, upon which moisture has a bearing, and that is in regard to its tffejts upon the exhalations of the bees. If the exhalations are not taken up read- ily, the "sewage of the system is dammed ; But little moisture is required to saturate cold air; that is, it will absorb but little moisture, the point when it will receive no more being soon reached. As the temperature rises, the absorbing ca- pacity of the air increases. When air of a high temperature, at that of our bodies, or nearly that, is saturated, or nearly so, with moisture, the exhalations from the lungs and skin are taken up but slowly; we are oppressed and say the weather is "; This explains why we feel better on bright, clear days. Heating air increases its power of absorption, hence we enjoy a fire on a damp day. If the air of a cellar is dry, it will be readily seen that the temperature may be allowed t
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