THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



rack. When the bees arrive at their des- 

 tination, and the colonies are placed up- 

 on their stands, we then water each col- 

 ony by sprinklin.i,^ water with a brush up- 

 on the screens, using the bee-brush pre- 

 viously oescribed, and then in about an 

 hour we water them again and release 

 them. 



roof. The doors are made of matched 

 pine lumber, and a door hung on each side 

 of the casing; one swings inside the cel- 

 lar and the other outside, and the en- 

 trance is enclosed with a slanting door 

 made of matched pine. We have two 

 ventilators from above which extend to 

 about four feet from the floor, and pass 



CARRYING BEES INTO THE BKECELLAR. 



When .\utumn comes we build a cel- 

 lar to winter the bees in; as we winter 

 in cellars at each apiary. One advanta- 

 geous thing about having a slope near the 

 apiary is in constructing the cellar. My 

 cellar for wintering bees is an excavation 

 in the hill, 14 x 20 feet, and 7 feet deep. 

 It has a stone wall iS inches thick. Xext 

 is a plate 2x6 imbedded in mortar, and 

 upon this plate are placed the joists. 

 The spice between the plate and the 

 joists is filled with stone and moitar. 

 Some cheap lumber is placed upon the 

 the joists for a floor, ami the floor cover- 

 ed about three feet deep with saw-dust, 

 and all is then protected by a shingle- 



up through the roof. There is also a sub- 

 terranean ventilator which supplies the 

 cellar with pure air. The ventilation I 

 consider a very important affair. No 

 matter how well ventilated the hive may 

 be, if the cellar in which it is placed con- 

 tains nothing but foul air, how can there 

 be good air in the hive? With good 

 pure air in the cellar, and an entrance in 

 each hive 12 inches wide and i inch high, 

 I do not have any anxiety about the ven- 

 tilation. Our cellars are so perfectly 

 built that the out-door air does not effect 

 the cellar; the temperature remaining 

 about 45° at all times. Before putting 

 the bees in the cellars we place a bushel 



