. Gleanings in bee culture . e four or five ^/^-incli augerholes through the outer case, and close allof these except one or two during the coldestweatlier. There should be no alighting-board attached to the outer case becausethis only serves to collect the snow or sleetduring the winter. Paper Winter who do not care to invest in expen-sive winter cases can winter their bees justas well in winter cases made of tarred paperat very little expense. When slaters feltis used and the bees are packed in groups oftwo colonies each the expense for the tarredpaper is less than six cents per
. Gleanings in bee culture . e four or five ^/^-incli augerholes through the outer case, and close allof these except one or two during the coldestweatlier. There should be no alighting-board attached to the outer case becausethis only serves to collect the snow or sleetduring the winter. Paper Winter who do not care to invest in expen-sive winter cases can winter their bees justas well in winter cases made of tarred paperat very little expense. When slaters feltis used and the bees are packed in groups oftwo colonies each the expense for the tarredpaper is less than six cents per colony. Thismaterial is so cheap that it is best to burnup the paper in the spring when unpackingand buy new each year. This method ofpacking bees was described in the October(1921) issue. Those who do not have thisnumber of the journal can no doubt packtheir bees in this way by studying the illus-trations on pages 644 and 645 in this a form such as there described is usedbees can be packed rapidly by this Ajiiary in Kansas packed in eases made of tarred paper tacked to a light frame\rk. GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE OCTOBBB, 192J
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