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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



brood-frames, as all the brood over 

 the wires was killed. On lifting out 

 a brood frame one could see where 

 every wire was by the black mark of 

 dead brood on both sides of the comb. 



It took the bees two or three days 

 to clean every dead bee out, and there 

 were quarts of them piled in front 

 of each hive. The bees were insured, 

 and promptly settled for, when claim 

 was presented. Here is a point that 

 all bee-keepers should see to that their 

 bees are kept insured, for it is a kind 

 of property that could not be saved 

 in case of fire, and this case shows 

 that lightning will hit bee hives and 

 hit to destroy. 



I would like to have Dr. Mil- 

 ler, and several others who are in the 

 habit of airing their bees, agree to test 

 this way of wintering, and see for 

 themselves how strong and healthy 

 their bees will come out. Don't be 

 alarmed if they do roar, for they are 

 always happy, as a rule, when they 

 roar the loudest. 



SUCCESSFUL WINTERING AT 

 TEMPERATURE. 



HIGH 



I have wintered them so hot they 

 could not stay in the hives, but would 

 be all in a mass together, yet they 



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came out the strongest lot I ever saw. 

 No fresh air was allowed to reach 

 them when in that condition. 



In case a man has only a few col- 

 onies, they Avill Avinter fairly well in 

 almost any cellar; and, of course, 

 would not raise the temperature of 

 the cellar so as to require any special 

 attention; if it did not freeze, the bees 

 would be all right. 



It is where large numbers are kept 

 together, that fresh aii is so demoral- 

 izing to them. 



I see much of late urging bee-keep- 

 ers to organize to sell honey. In this 

 locality the only trouble is to get it 

 to sell. Mr. Israel, of New York City, 

 comes here every fall when there is 

 a honey crop, and buys all there is, 

 and pays cash on delivery, and the 

 producers are well satisfied with the 

 prices he pays them, and he never 

 cares how many carloads they have, 

 for he is ready to take all he can get. 



I hope if E. R. Root comes up into 

 this State next summer, he will 

 come on to this locality, where some of 

 the largest bee-keepers of the State are 

 to be found, and where all use large 

 hives, and where all winter the bees 

 in cellars as I have described. 



DeKalb .Junction, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1902. 



IMMEDIATE SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION. 



BY T. K. MASSIE. 



The Queen Released at Once and the Colony 

 Never Left Queenless. 



A chapter from advanced proofs of Mr. 



Upon the arrival of the queen, take 

 an escape-board, as made with the 

 "Twentieth Century, Ideal, Combina- 

 tion Hive," close the escape with a 

 cork, and set it by the side of the 

 colony to which the queen is to be in- 



Massie's new book, "The Queen Bee." 



troduced. Set an empty brood-cham- 

 ber on the escape-board. Smoke tlie 

 bees of the colony. Open the hivo. 

 and select two combs of hatrliing 

 brood. Shake off all of the bees, at 

 least every old bee, on the ground in 



