. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Nov. 6, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 489. British Bee-Keepers* Association Conversazione. MR, ERYDEN'S paper ON WINTERING OF SMALL stocks and nuclei indoors. Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and'Gentlemen,— The ten minutes which has been allotted to me for the subject of " Wintering of Small Stocks and Nuclei Indoors " is a very limited time indeed, as I consiuer this subject one of the most important at the present time, when so many nuclei art* being made each year; in fact, our win- tering system requires revolutionising, both with sto
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Nov. 6, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 489. British Bee-Keepers* Association Conversazione. MR, ERYDEN'S paper ON WINTERING OF SMALL stocks and nuclei indoors. Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and'Gentlemen,— The ten minutes which has been allotted to me for the subject of " Wintering of Small Stocks and Nuclei Indoors " is a very limited time indeed, as I consiuer this subject one of the most important at the present time, when so many nuclei art* being made each year; in fact, our win- tering system requires revolutionising, both with stocks and nuclei. No epidemic can record such a death toll as starvation. Beginners especially very often fall into this pit. While the practical bee-keeper and the breeder of bees may not be caught napping, he is very often left with a lot of poor stock to winter. I would therefore like to put before you a method for wintering. It is one which I have tried for the last two years, and intend to do so again in a much larger way than ever, which speaks for the past success. That method is wintering in- doors, or some such place which can easily be adapted for this purpose. There are three essentials for tins ideal wintering. The first thing is to find a place where you can have reasonable control of temperature. The second is the reason- able control of ventilation. While the third is absolute darkness of your shed, pit, cave, or cellar. So you have it in these three words—Temperature, Venti- lation, and Darkness. 1. The temperature. This I have found by experiment to be the best is 47 deg. Fahr. If your thennometer rises to 55 or 60, the bees will very soon com- mence buzzing and be discontented. On the other hand, should your thermometer show a fall to 43 deg., or below, a winter nest or cluster is then necessary for the preservation of the stocks, uut the num- ber of stocks may regulate the tempera- ture according to the size of your cellar. 2. The question of air depends en
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