FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VIII. 



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I don't know that my cellar has any marked peculiarities different 

 from lots of cellars. It is located under one part of our dwelling and ts 

 16x22x61/^ inside measurements. Located on a hill with good drainage, 

 plastered walls and cement floor. It has always been dry. Two 3-light 

 sash, one in the southwest and one in the southeast corner of cellar, with 

 an outside door in the center of the east side for carrying the bees in and 

 out. There is nothing uncommon about the cellar. In fact, when the 

 cellar was dug 20 years ago I had no idea of ever owning a bee. 



When we had our kitchen and living room over this cellar with two 

 stoves going most of the time in the winter, the temperature rarely varied 

 over 2 degrees in any reasonable weather. The thermometer registered 

 45 to 47° most of the time. Two years ago we remodeled our home and 



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moved kitchen and dining room to another part of the house, leaving but 

 one stove over the cellar, and it not going very regularly. 



Since that time the temperature ranges from 40 to 45°, about 43 on 

 an average, I should judge. Still I can't see but what the bees winter 

 just as well as they did before. But there was more moisture in the hives 

 which had to be gotten rid of which I did by removing the piece of section 

 over the hole in the inner cover and placing a sheet of muslin under the 

 covers. It had its objections, however, as the bees ate holes (in some 

 this winter as I think it better. But like Dr. Miller, "I don't know;" will 

 know later. The muslin cloth does very well if you use a heavy grade, 

 cases) in the muslin, especially the thin grade. I expect to use flax board 



