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This was the only change made, but not 

 a trace of condensed moisture has been 

 found in the cellar since that time, and 

 the bees winter in perfect condition. 



GIVING STORES IN WINTER. 



There is one other thing that must be 

 attended to if we expect to carry every 

 colony through. The bees must have 

 sufficient stores. If colonies are found 

 to be light when put into the cellar, or 

 at anytime afterward, while inside, there 

 seems to be only one practical way of 

 feeding them, and that is to remove the 

 cover and place on the hive a super con- 

 taining combs of honey. 



Let me repeat; there is no necessity 

 for losing colonies in wintering, provided 

 conditions are right, and it is the business 

 of the successful bee keeper to make 

 them right. 



Valparaiso, Ind,, Jan. 17, 1910. 



[I don't know as there is any objection 

 to sub-earth ventilation for a bee cellar, 

 and it would seem as though it had 

 advantages. I once had a six-inch sub- 

 earth ventilator, 75 feet long and six 

 feet under ground. The air was drawn 

 from the cellar through a pipe that 

 passed up through the floor and con- 

 nected with the stove pipe in the room 

 above. Such ventilation seems ideal, 

 yet I was never able to see that the bees 

 wintered any better than with ordinary 

 ventilation. 



We have a board cover for the three- 

 feet opening in the ceiling of our cellar, 

 and cover up the opening according to 

 the temperature. As the winter ad- 

 vances, and we find the temperature 

 going down, we cover up more of the 

 opening. Towards spring as the bees 

 rouse up a little, and there are warmer 

 days, more ventilation is needed to allow 

 the heat to escape.— Editor.] 



Some of the Basic Principles in the 

 SeUing of Honey. 



C. A. HATCH. 



HRIEND H: — I have read your edi- 

 torial in May Review on selling 

 honey, and would offer the follow- 

 ing as supplement and criticism. 



Does it really make any difference as 

 to the time it takes to sell one's honey? 

 Can not the job be done in 15 minutes 

 just as well as 15 days, if one is ready 

 to sell and really knows what he wants? 

 The real trouble is in not knowing what 

 is a proper price, then, just as soon as 

 the proper person comes along that will 

 pay the proper price, he should sell. 



How is the honey producer to know 

 the proper price? If he spends no time 

 or thought or takes no means to find out 

 what the crop in other parts of the 

 country is, never reads the bee papers 

 nor looks at a market report, he never 

 will know. The law of supply and 



demand regulate prices, and, unless we 

 have some means of knowing what the 

 supply is how can we know what the 

 price is to be? If the demand is always 

 a fixed quantity, supply will always have 

 a direct bearing on the price. Suppose 

 Brown has been using 1,000 lbs. of 

 honey each year and getting it of Smith 

 at say 10c per lb. This year Smith has 

 double his usual crop, and Jones, his 

 neighbor, who never produced any honey 

 for sale, now has 1,000 lbs. Brown has 

 3,000 lbs. to draw from, and if Jones 

 offers his honey at 9c, Smith must sell 

 his at that price, or lose the sale. But, 

 suppose Smith has only 500 lbs. for his 

 crop, and Jones none, thus becoming a 

 buyer. Smith can compel Brown to pay 

 more for his honey; for, if he does not 

 take it, Jones will, at better prices. If 



