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November, 1916. 



American ^Bee .Jonrnaij 



cellar arrangements, but I believe the 

 methods described are typical of most 

 of the wintering in Ontario. Broadly 

 speaking, a line might be drawn from 

 Georgian Bay just north of Lake Sim- 

 coe, and in a southeasterly direction to 

 Lake Ontario. Most of the bees south 

 and west of that are wintered on sum- 

 mer stands, and most of them toward 

 the north and east of that line are 

 wintered in cellars. Up until recent 

 years a great deal of cellar wintering 

 was practiced in southwestern Ontario, 

 and one of the best beekeepers in On- 

 tario, a Mr. Bowen, of Niagara Falls, 

 in the southern part of the province, 

 has recently built a rather expensive 

 and very complete cellar for his bees ; 

 but the tendency all through the dis- 

 trict mentioned is strongly toward out- 

 door wintering. Even beekeepers in 

 the north and east are interested, and 



This is not a fox ranch, but an apiary en 

 closed with wind screen of lath. In select- 

 ing an apiary site an unused dwelling is 

 secured if possible. Note the rolling coun- 

 try, its steep rising groundwith raspberry, 

 sumac and second growth basswood. 



— R. B. Pettit. Gcorsetouon. 



are experimenting with a view to 

 changing over to that method. 



There are quite a few reasons why 

 we like outdoor wintering better. It 

 certainly takes more equipment, and 

 the initial expense is perhaps greater 

 than in a cellar, but the beekeeper is so 

 much more independent; he can pack 

 and feed his bees at his convenience. 

 But for the cellar-wintered bees, one 

 must watch and wait and guess at the 

 best time for putting them in; then 

 perhaps make a mistake by putting in 

 too soon or too late. The same ex- 

 perience is repeated in the spring when 

 the time comes for taking the bees out 

 of the cellar. Cellar-wintered bees 

 after they are removed from their win- 

 ter quarters are exposed to the cold, 

 inclement weather, that we get at dif- 

 ferent times for perhaps two months. 

 A cellar requires a certain amount of 

 watching and anxiety all winter to reg- 

 ulate temperature and ventilation. On 

 the other hand, when bees are well 



prepared in the winter cases with plenty 

 of good stoies, we can go away and 

 forget them. They are left in the win- 

 ter cases until settled warm weather. 

 If they need supers before that time, 

 the cases are large enough to allow of 

 supers being put on. If they need feed 



or any other attention in the spring, 

 that can be done in the packing cases. 



But after all is said, as long as there 

 are bees and beekeepers there will be 

 advocates of the different methods of 

 wintering. 



Georgetown, Ont. 



Miscellaneous W) News Items 



Bee Neetings Scheduled. — Following 

 is a list of meetings with dates as we 

 now have them. Secretaries are urged 

 to send us dates of meetings as early as 

 possible so that we can give publicity 

 through the Bee lournal : 



Illinois State, Springfield, Nov. 15-16 

 Michigan, Lansing, Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2 

 Northwestern, Chicago, Dec. 4-5. 

 Iowa, Des Moines, Dec. 5-6. 

 Minnesota, Minneapolis, Dec. 5-6. 

 New York, Canandaigua, Dec. 5-6. 



"Pecky" Cypress is the title of a 

 small 60-page handbook issued by the 

 Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation at New Orleans. Among other 

 things the booklet contains a complete 

 description of " Pecky " Cypress, as 

 written up by an expert for the " Lum- 

 ber Trade Journal." He avers that 

 cypress contains chemical properties 

 which render it immune to rot. After 

 eating a few holes in the lumber the 

 worm can go no farther. 



We believe there is a great future for 

 cypress in the beekeeping line. Al- 



though the grade of the wood called 

 "Pecky" would probably not do for 

 beehives, it would be well for beekeep- 

 ers to make the acquaintance of cypress 



in all grades as used for all purposes. 



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Bee Hunting There seems to be an 



unusual demand this year for methods 

 of hunting bee trees. We made the 

 acquaintance of a little book on this 

 subject a short time ago which we 

 think will interest our subscribers. It 

 is entitled " Bee Hunting," and is ed- 

 ited by A. R. Harding. Copies can be 

 furnished from this office if desired. 

 The regular postpaid price is 25 cents. 



Press Bulletin on Bees. — " Fall Man- 

 agement of Bees" is the subject of 

 Press Bulletin No. 231 of the Univer- 

 sity of Missouri. The bulletin, which 

 goes out to all newspapers of that State, 

 advises movable combs, and urges early 

 preparation and careful management 

 for best wintering. There are in Mis- 

 souri about 40,000 beekeepers owning 

 200,000 colonies of bees. 



SPEYSIDE APIARY OF MISS PETTIT IN WINTERING CASES 

 The wind screen is made of plastering lath nailed on forms ''X3 feet: a convenient size for 



moving 



