. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 372 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW Mr. R. H. Rhodes, of Platteville, Colorado, has used double walled hives some, and he tells me that they are not so satisfactory and he has abandoned using them—W. F.] The Successful Wintering of Bees. How the Cellar is Built, With a Work-shop Overhead, at a Nom- inal Cost. A. D. D. WOOD. * — A WAY back in the SO's, when I first began to take financial ^Xv interest in the bee. I began to wonder how I could winter them year after year and be successful. About that time Prof. A. J. Cook was very enthusiastic on sub-earth ventila
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 372 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW Mr. R. H. Rhodes, of Platteville, Colorado, has used double walled hives some, and he tells me that they are not so satisfactory and he has abandoned using them—W. F.] The Successful Wintering of Bees. How the Cellar is Built, With a Work-shop Overhead, at a Nom- inal Cost. A. D. D. WOOD. * — A WAY back in the SO's, when I first began to take financial ^Xv interest in the bee. I began to wonder how I could winter them year after year and be successful. About that time Prof. A. J. Cook was very enthusiastic on sub-earth ventilated bee- cellars, and I fell victim to the idea and built one according to his plans. It worked all right as he predicted. But did we need the sub-earth ventilator? No, I don't think we did. I used this cellar as long as I stayed "down on the farm" in Jackson County, ]\Iichi- gan, and after moving to Lansing", ]\Iich., I had to use any old place I could find. Here at home I wintered part in the cellar under the dwelling and part packed outdoors. The difiference was alwa\^s in favor of the cellar and at times there was as much as a foot of water in it, and I have had to wear rubber boots at times in carry- ing out the bees in the spring. The temperature would range all. Exterior View of Work Shop and Bee Cellar of A. D. D. 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 National Bee-keepers' Association. [Flint, Mich. : s. n.
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