. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 305 and we shall not jijo to the trouble of mov- ing them hack and fortli. I could not think of heintj guilty of digging a cellar now, in September, in clear clav ground and propose to drv it even with fire be- for the time for wintering is here, so I shall try, what is, to me, a new process. I shall put them in the shanty, 12 x 18, S feet to the ceiling, and bank the house with dirt, to a height of five feet. 1 have a ventilator eight inches square in the center of the ceiling, passing through the roof. The ceiling is covered wi
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 305 and we shall not jijo to the trouble of mov- ing them hack and fortli. I could not think of heintj guilty of digging a cellar now, in September, in clear clav ground and propose to drv it even with fire be- for the time for wintering is here, so I shall try, what is, to me, a new process. I shall put them in the shanty, 12 x 18, S feet to the ceiling, and bank the house with dirt, to a height of five feet. 1 have a ventilator eight inches square in the center of the ceiling, passing through the roof. The ceiling is covered with four inches of dry planer shavings to keep out cold and prevent the sun from warming it up too early in the spring, in case we should get a number of warm days in suc- cession in Fetjruary as we sometimes do. The high banking on the outside was done for tlie same purpose, being now practically a cellar above ground with a chance of having it dry. Should the temperature rise too high, in spile of precautions, I shall introduce some ice on one side to ke<p the bees cool enough to prevent thc-m from out of the hives, which they will do when too warm. I shall report to you of my success ill the spring Chippe\v.\ F.\i,ls, Wis., Oct. i, 1901. [Vou will notice that the above article was written a year ago, but it arrived too late to be used in time for some of the suggestions to be put in practice until an- other year, for that reason it was with- held until now. We can now have the satisfaction of knowing how the bees wintered. March r5, 1902, Mr. Nussle wrote as followsâEd.] Dear Sir, I took out our bees a few days ago, and can tell you that you never saw any bees winter better belter. I lost one very small swarm out of 159, and that one was marked (00, No good. Extra light. Seems to be queenless.) I did not have '2 bushel of dead bees from the whole 159 swarms, and no dead bees on any of the bottom-boards. Everything just as clean and sweet as in swarming ti
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