FIFTY YEARS AMOXG THE BEES :5ll 



did not go to bed till I could recognize a little subsiding, 

 and in the morning the bees were back in their hives as 

 quiet as mice, ^lore than once since then I have gone 

 through the same performance without being troubled by 

 it ; only the cellar is not allowed to get so bad before it is 

 opened. 



LETTING LIGHT IX CELLAR. 



Here is a memorandum written ]\Iarch l-i, 1902 : 

 "During the past eight days the weather has been un- 

 usually warm for the season, varying from 29 to 05 de- 

 grees. The doors have been wide open day and night 

 except on the two warmest days, and the (east) window 

 part of the time. Three days ago it was 65 degrees in 

 the afternoon. Within twenty-four hours the ground 

 was covered with snow, and yesterday morning the mer- 

 cury stood at 29 degrees. At 7 a. m. today, it w^as 35 

 degrees without and 4-1: degrees in the cellar, doors and 

 window having been open all night. At 9 a. m. it was 

 40 degrees outside and 45 degrees in the cellar. The sun 

 '^Jione directly into some of the entrances near the window 

 without disturbing the bees. At 10 :30 a. m. it was 52 

 degrees outside and 4T degrees in the cellar ; the bees 

 still quiet. At 11 a. m. it was 53 degrees without and 

 48 degrees in cellar. In five minutes by the watch I 

 counted fifteen bees which flew to the window. I then 

 closed the window, leaving the doors wide open. At 12 

 o'clock it was still 53 degrees without and 49 degrees 

 in the cellar. In five minutes I counted five bees flying 

 to the door. The light does not shine directly into the 

 room where the bees are, they being in an inside room. 

 I can see to read easily at the hives nearest the door. At 

 3 :20 it was 55 degrees outside and 50 degrees in cellar. 

 In five minutes I counted three bees flying to the door. 

 It was then getting cloudy, the sun having been shining 

 most of the day. I opened the window for five minutes 

 and twelve bees flew to it. At 6 p. m. the window was 

 opened again, leaving all wide open till it should again 



