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for a short time— I know of nothing better than a large 

 rag: or cloth which will easily cover the entire entrance. 

 The rag must be dripping wet. In this condition it can 

 be very quickly laid at the entrance, and being cold and 

 wet the bees seem to be driven back by it, and when the 

 rag is removed in the cellar, few if any bees come out. 



Fig. io8. — Screzciiig Dozen JVax-Press. 



If dry, the bees would sting the rag, and upon its re- 

 moval in the cellar a crowd of angry bees would fol- 

 low it. 



WARMING THE CELLAR. 



There is a furnace in the cellar where my bees are 

 kept, which has been there since the winter of 1903-3. 



