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the one shown in Mr. Wood's bee yard, 

 derives^very little heat fronn the earth. If 

 there is a floor in the building, I doubt if 

 it secures practically any heat from the 

 earth. 



Of course, quite a lot of bees, say as 

 many as 100 colonies, will generate quite 

 a'lotof heat; and, if the walls are thick 

 and^filled with sawdust, the temperature 

 in steady cold weather, not too severe, 

 might not be far out of the way, but the 

 greatest trouble seems to be in variable 

 weather towards spring. 1 know of a bee 



and tried to carry out the bees, when 

 there was a wild rush for the open air. 

 Many of the hives were practically de- 

 serted. Many of the bees scattered wild- 

 ly out of doors and were lost. In fact, 

 the apiary was practically ruined. 



If I lived in such a region, I'll tell you 

 what I should do: 1 should build a cellar 

 on top of the ground, and then bank up 

 around it with earth, thus making it prac- 

 tically a cellar under ground. 1 should 

 make it as large as possible, so as to 

 cover as much earth possible, thus in- 



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keeper living on land that was once an 

 immense swamp. It has been drained, 

 but not deeply enough to allow of the 

 building of cellars. He built a brick 

 house above ground and attempted to use 

 it for wintering his bees. They passed 

 the winter fairly well, but, with the first 

 warm days became very uneasy, leaving 

 the hives, flying about the room, and coL 

 lecting here and there in great clusters. 

 In desperation, my friend opened the door 



Courtesy Canadian Bee Journal. 

 se of Geo. Wood, Wesley, Ontario, j 



creasing>;the supply of heat' from the 

 earth, and I would make it as low as I 

 could and allow one to stand erect, as 

 this would lessen the labor of banking. 

 By banking clear up to the eaves, and 

 sloping the earth back very gradually, we 

 have a sort of miniature hill, with a cellar 

 in its center. I see no reason why such a 

 cellar need not meet every requirement. 

 If any reader sees a flaw, will he please 

 point it out? 



