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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



October, 1918 



Fig. 10. — This is a general scheme for wintering four colonies in a large casei. It consists of a platform 

 on which are mounted transverse cleats to hold the four hives when placed back to back and side bv side 

 in close contact. The erosscleiats should be wide enough to allow about four inches of packing between 

 the bottoms of the hives and the platform beneath. Four panels then surround the four hives; and when in 

 place they leave six inches of packing on the sides and ten inches on top. When the hives are two story 

 in place of one, the four panels must be correspondingly deeper. 



Figs. 11, 12. — These represent the scheme of wintering bees on Langstroth frames stood on end in an 

 inner case. The hive-stand supporting the bottom is packed with leaves, to give bottom protection. The 

 inner case is then put on toj) of thei bottom-board when two regular hive-bodies and a super used during 

 the summer are tiered up around it as shown. A bridge connects the inner case with the outside of the 

 hive to provide! for entrance. Packing material is jioured in between the inner case and the outctr one. 



