. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL- SIS. Ventilation for Out-Door Win- tering, Etc. Query 903.—1. Please give the most ap- proved ventilation for out-of-door wintering, and whetlier you would approve of a bee- space left over tiie top of the frames for bees to travel through from one frame to another, rather than the Quinby method of making holes through the combs. 2. Do you approve of moving the hives together, placing them side by side for additional protection for win- ter ?—Delta. I have had no experience.—Eugene Secor. I have no experience.—Mrs. Jennie Atchley
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL- SIS. Ventilation for Out-Door Win- tering, Etc. Query 903.—1. Please give the most ap- proved ventilation for out-of-door wintering, and whetlier you would approve of a bee- space left over tiie top of the frames for bees to travel through from one frame to another, rather than the Quinby method of making holes through the combs. 2. Do you approve of moving the hives together, placing them side by side for additional protection for win- ter ?—Delta. I have had no experience.—Eugene Secor. I have no experience.—Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 1. Query 902 answers this. 2. In union there is strength; likewise warmth. —Mrs. L. Harrison. In my climate the only preparation the colonies get 'for wintering is a bee- space over the tops of the frames, and a quilt.—J. P. H. Brown. 1. I do not like to mutilate my combs, but I think it very desirable to have some passageway. 2. Not in Michigan wintei-s.—J. H. Larrabee. 1. See answer to Query 902. To lay long corncobs crosswise of the frames is much preferable to cutting holes in the combs. 2. No.—Mrs. J. N. Heater. 1. I should give the bees an opportu- nity to pass over the tops of the frames. As for the rest, I have not had suCBcient experience to warrant an opinion.—R. L. Taylor. 1. I don't know ivhich is the most ap- proved method. I should prefer space over the top of frames, to holes through the combs. 2. I never tried that way. —A. B. Mason. 1. The best ventilation for out-door wintering is a wide-open entrance, and a bottom-board kept free from dead bees. A passage over the frames in winter, out-of-doors, is worse than useless. .Holes through the combs are an advan- tage.—M. Mahin. 1. I approve of both space and open- ing, and there need not be much ventila- tion, if the entrance is left open. 2. If in single-walled hives, it would be well to move them.—P. H. Elwood. 1. Give ample room at the entrance, with one inch space over the tops of the
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