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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



have reference to the article wherein you 

 told us the story of last season; and 1 do 

 think it is the very best report I ever 

 read. I mean to say, you made the best 

 show from those 40 colonies last season 

 that I ever heard of: and it was done in 

 such a manner that one could do the 

 tnck almost any season with nothing un- 

 reasonable about it. 



You failed to tell us the cost of the 

 tarred felt used in wrapping- the hives, 

 (how much per colony.) 



TARRED FELT A FAILURE AS WINTER 

 PROTECTION. 



Two years ago we wrapped some 130 

 colonies in the fall with tarred paper 

 after covering them with eight or ten 

 thicknesses of common newspapers, and 

 left them out on their summer stands al' 

 winter. Almost one-half died, and the 



with telescope cap over all, which will 

 keep all water from injuring anything. 



I believe spring protection is the best 

 thing out for cellar-wintered bees. 



Wife says come to supper, so here goes. 

 Aaron Snyder. 



[Let's begin with the cellar. It is 

 practically under ground, and not in- 

 fluenced by the outside temperature. I 

 believe it is well-nigh impossible to winter 

 bees successfully in a cellar above 

 ground, or even partly exposed. Put the 

 cellar under ground, and week after 

 week may pass with scarcely a degree 

 of variation in the temperature. We 

 usually visit our cellars once in two or 

 three weeks, as often as once a month at 



Another View of Cellar Taken from the up-hill Side. 



The door standing open in the gable end allows one to enter the cellar by going down 

 through the ventilating opening. 



others were weak. I believe they were 

 covered too tight, were too warm — 'twas 

 too much of a good thing. We have a 

 few (10) wrapped with roofing paper, 

 now, about as you wrapped yours, with 

 leaves for packing, instead of sawdust, 

 as you did, with two inches of leaves on 

 top of the ^'8-board over brood frames 



the least, and ventilate according to the 

 temperature as we find it. There are 

 two doors, an outside and an inside door. 

 When we first put in the bees we usually 

 close only the outside door. There is a 

 yard-square opening in the ceiling, and 



