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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



removed and the bottom-boards fastened to the hives 

 where necessarv. With the large ventilating space at 

 the entrance, and with abundance of stores, there is no 

 need to loosen the gluing of a cover from before the time 

 a colony is hauled home till after the time for hauling 

 back in spring. 



PILING HIVES IN CELLAR. 



The hives are piled five high, each pile independent 

 t)f the others, so jarring one hive can jar only lour 

 others First a row of piles is put at the farther side 

 of the cellar, the hives close side by side, entrances facmg 

 the wall, with a space of about two feet between them 

 and the wall. Then another row is placed back to back 

 close up against this row. Then comes a space of about 

 two feet, and another row facing the space, so that en- 

 trrnces face each side of the space. Then comes another 

 TOW back to back, and so on. That makes the hives m 

 double rows, back to back, with a two-foot space m 

 Avhich to get at the entrances. _ 



As far as convenient, the heavier hives are put at 

 the bottom, and lighter at top. It is easier work to do so, 

 and the lighter ones have nerhaps the advantage by being 

 liigher up, where it is a little warmer. 



CARRYING IN BEES WHEN ROUSED UP. 



Often the bees get so warmed up bv the middle of 

 the forenoon, that they flv out when their hive is littecl 

 to be carried into the cellar. In this case the hive is put 

 back on its summer stand, and another colony, less wide- 

 awake, is taken. But if the rousing up becomes general, 

 operations must cease until the after-part of the day or 

 the next morning. If for any reason, as the lateness of 

 the season, or the fear of an approaching storm, it is 

 thought best to carry in a hive whether the bees are will- 

 ing or not, the entrance must be stopped. For this pur- 

 pose—as there is no danger of suffocation from stopping 



