FIFTY YEARS A^IOXG THE BEES 



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snow-storm. Better take them in during the storm than 

 after it is all over and constantly growing colder. But 

 It seems to do no harm for them' to be taken in covered 

 with snow. 



PREPARING THE CELLAR. 



For twenty-four hours before taking in— perhaps 

 for several days— doors and windows of the cellar are 



Fig. 107. — Dripping-Pan Wax -Extract or. 



ke]:t wide open, so as to air it out thoroughly, and per- 

 haps the walls are whitewashed and the floor limed, al- 

 though this is generally done after taking out in 'the 

 sprmg. Strips of boards are placed on the ground so 

 that the bottom hive has its bottom-board an inch or two 

 above the ground ?X the front end. and an inch more at 

 the back end. 



CARRYING IN HIVES. 



Hives are carried in just as they are, because before 

 the time for hauling bees home all false bottoms were 



