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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 23, 1904. 



hives lost, granulated so hard that the bees 

 could not live on it. It was the best clover 

 and basswood. Can Dr. Miller explain this; 



My bee-cellar is a pit dug in a gravel hill- 

 side, about 6 feet square, and 6 feet deep. 

 The sides are held up by posts set close to- 

 gether. The hives are set on stringers a foot 

 from the bottom. Above the hives a rough 

 floor is laid. The space above is filled with 

 sacks containing forest leaves. The root was 

 made of common boards with lath battens. It 

 projects about 6 inches above the ground and 

 has a slope to correspond with that of the hill- 

 side. A small ventilating shaft comes up 

 from the bottom at the lower side of roof. In 

 this hangs a thermometer which can be exam- 

 ined at any time desired. There is a small 

 trap-door just over the ventilator. Over this 

 door is set a box having no top or bottom. 

 This box is just large enough to hold4gunny- 

 sacks filled with leaves. By this means a slow, 

 steady ventilation is maintained all winter. 

 Around this box the roof is well covered with 

 leaves and hay, and extends some 10 feet back 

 from the root on all sides to keep frost from 

 going down about the sides of the cellar. The 

 temperature on Nov. 14 was 40 degrees; soon 

 afterwards snow came and the temperature 

 rose to 42 degrees. During the coldest weather 

 it dropped to 38 degrees, remaining between 

 these points the entire 165 days the bees were 

 in the cellar. I did not open the cellar to 

 examine them until March 31. A change of 

 70 degrees in the outside temperature never 

 made more than 2 degrees difference in the 

 cellar. The cash outlay for this cellar was 

 just$1.00. 



White clover is abundant, and basswood 

 buds have started. I hope for a good season. 



Decker Co., Minn., Junes. F. L. Day. 



A Report— Tpansferping Bees. 



At last I am going to tell you about some 

 queens I purchased. They were tested, and 

 are hatching, each having nearly 5 Langstroth 

 frames full of brood. The bees are very light 

 striped. 



I told you I was going to transfer two colo- 

 nies from box-hives into hives with movable 

 frames; I divided the bees, put them in 4 

 hives, put the new queens in their cages 24 

 hours, and then set them free. I did not look 

 at them for 3 days, to see what they were do- 

 ing, but they were all right the other day. 



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