HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



a foot or so of earth, but we would not ad- 

 vise such a plan, especially for the beginner. 

 A great deal more might be written about 

 the wintering of bees and other plans dis- 

 cussed, but as we have given the best two, 

 we need not add explanation concerning 

 methods that have been discarded, as it will 

 only be unprofitable and confusing. By all 

 means winter out of doors, and by giving the 

 proper protection for the hives in the winter 

 cases fully described, you will have a plan 

 which is ideal and that will help toward suc- 

 cess in a hundred ways. 



