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WINTERING. 



As bees, wintered on tlieir Summer stands, begin to fly out 

 when the temperature in the shade reaches about 50 degrees, 

 and are in full flight at about 55, one can imagine how rest- 

 less they become when the temperature of the cellar rises to 

 55 or 60 degrees. They wait impatiently for the dawn of 

 the day which will afford them the opportunity for flying out. 

 But as the days pass and darkness continues they are uneasy 

 and tired. 



Fig. 137. 



CELLAR BLIND IN PLACE. 



The warmth incites them also to breeds and as they need 

 water for their brood (271), some leave the hive in quest 

 of it and are lost. This happens more or less every Winter. 

 To cool the air of the cellar, ice may be brought in and 

 allowed to melt slowly over a tub. 



The Apiarist must guard against cold, also, but in winter- 

 ing a large number of colonies, the heat which they generate 



