HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



through their long winter's sleep in good con- 

 dition, with the coming of spring. 



In favor of indoor wintering in cellars and 

 special repositories, it is said that it requires 

 less stores to winter bees indoors, which is a 

 distinct saving in honey and offsets the extra 

 work of moving them in and out, and the bee- 

 keeper has no worry from the possibility of 

 their freezing if left outdoors, if the weather 

 goes down below zero and remains there for 

 weeks at a time. I shall show, however, that 

 if properly packed for extreme coldness the 

 fear of loss from freezing is groundless. Of 

 course it costs a great deal more for winter 

 cases for outdoor wintering, but the first cost 

 is the principal one, and the added benefits 

 derived more than offset the matter of expense, 

 and the added strength in spring of colonies 

 wintered outdoors as compared with those 

 wintered indoors means a larger surplus from 

 the early flow. 



Bees wintered indoors cannot take advan- 

 tage of occasional warm days during winter 



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