. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. (; Mivi:s for outdoor WINTERING needs supplied by taking combs of honey from extra-heavy colonies that can stand it; but if these arc not at hand then they should be given a syrup made of equal parts hot water and pure granulated sugar, fed to them over the brood nest from a' glass jar with perforated cap as described in another jiart of this book. All queenless colonics should be uivcn queens; and if these are not ob- t a i n a b 1 e . the (jueenless colo- nics should be united each with
. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. (; Mivi:s for outdoor WINTERING needs supplied by taking combs of honey from extra-heavy colonies that can stand it; but if these arc not at hand then they should be given a syrup made of equal parts hot water and pure granulated sugar, fed to them over the brood nest from a' glass jar with perforated cap as described in another jiart of this book. All queenless colonics should be uivcn queens; and if these are not ob- t a i n a b 1 e . the (jueenless colo- nics should be united each with a "queen right" col- ony that mav be weak in numbers; and in all cases unite all weak colonies, as a weak colony has little chance of com- ing through a winter whether wintered in or out- of-doors. The time to place the bees in the cellar is after real cold weather sets in, say about the 15th of November for the northern states; but each bee- keeper must be governed by the weather conditions of his locality, the time mentioned being simply given as a general guide. Almost any good cellar where the tem- perature ranges be- tween 45° and 65° will be a good nlace to winter them, and a slight variation in A. ', , , ONE A AV O 1 I'Ki I J 1- I 1 I Si . it I 1. t -^ temperature will do m winter. HOW TO WINTKK I'.KKS 81 „o ,natcr,al luun,. But be sure o "^'l^ -^'^ '.^, „r ,.^ paper over every w>ik1<,w 'V^'^ "••;'' lor llie must be ,n absoh. larkness. It is a good plan to partition off, with bmlding paper or otherwise, a part of the vege- ,-,l,lo cellar and \)Ut the bees in il. Toward evening gently carry the bees, one at a time, into the cellar: with each hive on its own bottom board, with full entrance oi'«^" '-"'d ''^ ?n place- put them in orderly rows and pile them one on the other even though they reach to tl^e top of the cellar. After they have all been placed in the cellar don't tamper with them any
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