. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. i94 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW moldy. We cover all with shavings to the depth of six or eight inches, and so adjust the cover that no water can enter. Now if your bees have a supply of good stores, you may confidently expect to find them all right in the spring. If mice are troublesome, a dish of corn- ed meat with a little Paris green on the top of the packing is advisable. We used to make a temporary box, as recom- ended by D. A. Jones, and remove it in the spring. Our present method saves all this packing and unpacking in the of the clamps in summer, the
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. i94 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW moldy. We cover all with shavings to the depth of six or eight inches, and so adjust the cover that no water can enter. Now if your bees have a supply of good stores, you may confidently expect to find them all right in the spring. If mice are troublesome, a dish of corn- ed meat with a little Paris green on the top of the packing is advisable. We used to make a temporary box, as recom- ended by D. A. Jones, and remove it in the spring. Our present method saves all this packing and unpacking in the of the clamps in summer, there is suffi- cient ventilation. Bees lie out very lit- tle, even in hot weather. In cool nights the bees are not driven out of the supers. Mr. Hetherington says that it is not quite so convenient to handle the hives as when they are set out singly in the yard; and he thinks that more queens are lost in returning from mating. FrjNT, Mich., Oct. 15, AN ADDITIONAL VIKW OF XUH HETHERINGTON APIARY. fall and spring. The swarms build up faster in the spring than those unprotect- ed, and they need no shading in the sum- mer. They winter as well as in any place, excepting a good cellar. This method has been used quite ex- tensively in this vicinity for several years, and we find no more trouble in loss of queens than when the swarms are further apart. It is a little more work to take off hon- ey than when the hives stand separate; but the advantages of this method more than overbalance this extra labor. Mr. Hetherington writes me that he likes this plan because the bees are so easily packed for winter, and so easily unpacked in the spring. The packing is left over the hives in the spring until it is time to put on the sections. There is plenty of shade, and, by opening the ends QUEEN-TRAPS. Some Most Excellent Reasons why They can be Used to AdvjintaKc. \V. E. FLOWER. MN page 269, Dr. Mason says he knows ^ of but one reason why traps should be used: and that is that "the pre
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