14 Farmers’ Bulletin 1216. 
the energy of the bees by heat generation. When colonies are win- 
tered in cellars they will, perhaps, be kept in one hive-body, but in 
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Fic. 3.—Map of buckwheat region showing average date of first killing frost in fall. 
From these data the beekeeper determines the time to pack colonies of bees wintered 
outdoors. Feeding for improvement in winter stores is done after the first killing frost. 
this event it is imperative that a second hive-body well filled with 
honey be stored to be given to each colony during the period of heavy 
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Clearance 63 feet, ceiling 24 feet below ground level, 
Fic. 4.—Diagram of bee cellar. 
packed with about 13 feet of sawdust. 
The hive-body with the bees shoul«d con- 
brood-rearing of spring. 
A failure to provide this extra 
tain at least 25 pounds of honey. 
room and stores is the cause of great loss from disease in many parts 
of the region. There is no better place to store the extra hive-body of 
