. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. HOW N. Li. west ARRANGES HIS HIVES IN THE CELLAR. The door between the two rooms may be left open most of ihe time, although it can be closed when necessary. An outs de venti- lator is used through an opening in one of the windows. A wooden box is made 8 inches square and about 2 ft. long. This extends througli the window, and the outer end is built up so that the whole ventilator assumes the form of an elbow. The outer opening, whic
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. HOW N. Li. west ARRANGES HIS HIVES IN THE CELLAR. The door between the two rooms may be left open most of ihe time, although it can be closed when necessary. An outs de venti- lator is used through an opening in one of the windows. A wooden box is made 8 inches square and about 2 ft. long. This extends througli the window, and the outer end is built up so that the whole ventilator assumes the form of an elbow. The outer opening, which may be about 8 ft. from the ground, is then covered in such a way as to keep out the rain and snow, but still allow space for foul or warm air to escape from the bee-room. Any openings that would admit light are closed so as to make the room dark and warm. Mr. West thiuks it is advis- able to liave a ^pring of running water in one corner, if possible, that the temperature may be kept constant. In placing his hives in the cellar, Mr. West does not remove the bottom- boards. He makes a platform about four inches above the cellar- tloor, and puts one row of hives on this with the back ends resting on a 2 X 5, so that they are four inches higher than the front ends. The next row of hives is placed on top of this row, although set back just a little so that the tiers will not fall over. As will be seen, all the hives will be so placed with the entrances at least four inches lower than the back ends of the hives, so that any dead bees may be easily cleaned out. See illustration. Harry Lathrop, of Bridgeport, A\isconsin, uses a stone bee-cellar built in a side liill. There are two rooms in the cellar, or, more properly speaking, a main room for the bees and a smaller one used as a vestibule. He. ~'^,, ! ..' INLET HATCH BEE-CELLAR—DIMENSIONS OF INLET, 6x8 INCHES ; OUTLET, 8x10 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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