The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping . one thicknessof wall, so that in summer it iskept veiy warm, and so enablesus to ripen honey without leavingit in tli(! hive till it is all capped. 30 It., outi^df lULvisuii Ceiling 8 ft. .??i<r-ft stairs. 1 1 •A If tt. 0 Pumii. o . T*- (^hiiiiiiev. •\y Hardwood Floor. A Tl ? \ V This and -^y Fig. 2. 1), doov.!, double one .it the bottom .a sill .sd \\ a wliecllianow can lie runover it, docir being of gauze. W, window.^, all or wliicli have wire gauzescreens


The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping . one thicknessof wall, so that in summer it iskept veiy warm, and so enablesus to ripen honey without leavingit in tli(! hive till it is all capped. 30 It., outi^df lULvisuii Ceiling 8 ft. .??i<r-ft stairs. 1 1 •A If tt. 0 Pumii. o . T*- (^hiiiiiiev. •\y Hardwood Floor. A Tl ? \ V This and -^y Fig. 2. 1), doov.!, double one .it the bottom .a sill .sd \\ a wliecllianow can lie runover it, docir being of gauze. W, window.^, all or wliicli have wire gauzescreens outside and hinged to swing ou(.Screens on loni south windows to extendfour inclios aliove uiiper jamb, with one-hallincia spacp. ber to May ; and from an experi-ience extending now over eightyears, 1 am sure that, with enoughgood food, bees are entirely safein such a cellar. By aid of thecistern there is no occasion to useice to reduce the temperature inthe spring; and we can, by aid ofsub-eart,h ventilation and cisternwater, keep the temperature justto our liking all through the win-ter, with almost no trouble and atno expense. Tiiis is no theory ; itis a demonstrated fact. As the Posts, 11 It. studding, to chamber, alter-nate VI and 18 iindies apart ( ?). Side stud-ding 12 feet long and 1 ibnt apart. Floor, double, one foot apart, and withgrouting. Cellar and house mouse-proof. This is al


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