. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. tHB BBB-KBBPKRS' review. n them: "Your bees must be getting fresh air from the ; They would say: "That can't be; for my cellar is well bank- ed all around, and dark as a pocket, and I want you to come to my place and dis- cover, if you can, what is the ; I drop all business at once. The first thing I do is to examine the banking, and call attention to its condition. We find the packing has settled, and sprung away from the wall, in places, three or four inches. The banking is repaired, and, in a few days the report is
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. tHB BBB-KBBPKRS' review. n them: "Your bees must be getting fresh air from the ; They would say: "That can't be; for my cellar is well bank- ed all around, and dark as a pocket, and I want you to come to my place and dis- cover, if you can, what is the ; I drop all business at once. The first thing I do is to examine the banking, and call attention to its condition. We find the packing has settled, and sprung away from the wall, in places, three or four inches. The banking is repaired, and, in a few days the report is that the bees are as quiet as in mid-winter. Bees are keen-scented; and the first warm days that come the first of March, or before, especially if there is no snow on the ground, will be sure to set them buz- zing if they get a sniff from the outside; while, if all fresh air is kept from them, the change in the cellar is so gradual that they do not notice it. An airy cellar is quite certain to be a cold one; too cool for bees in cold weather. My cellar, years ago, was too airy, and I had all the trouble that I have described. I had not yet learned to bank it up, and I had to open the hatchway door nights to quiet down the bees, and cool the cel- lar, but the next day found them just as uneasy and ready for a frolic; and when order was restored, and all became quiet, and the roll called, thousands upon thousands would lie dead on the floor after one of those night frolics. I am well aware that many of our best bee-keepers practice opening their cellars nights, and I would like to have all those that do, try the plan that I have described and report through the Review if they do not find it a success. Have no fears of smothering your bees, nor of their getting too warm, for they will stand far more heat than cold. Ventilation is not necessary, unless large numbers of colonies are placed in a small cellar so as to take up all the space. The cellar for bees to winter in perfect- ly
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