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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



and it is likely that they will estab- 

 lish more apiaries at other siding-s 

 along- the railroad. 



Now, reader, I mean you, not the 

 other fellow, why can't you do exactly 

 as Mr. Townsend has done? Why 

 can't you find some good location if 

 you have not one already, and then 

 branch out and keep enoug^h bees, in 

 diflerent places, so as to be assured of 

 an income? Friends, do you realize 

 the possibilities in our business? I 

 fear not. At least, many of you fail 

 to take advantage of them. 



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CAN BEES BE WINTERED IN CHAFF 



WITH THE HIVE ENTRANCES 



CLOSED? 



A subscriber in Ottawa, Canada, 

 asks for advice on the following sub- 

 ject. He says: 



"I have sold my place and am mov- 

 ing to town, and, in order to keep the 

 bees, I have made arrangements with 

 a friend for them to be kept at his 

 place, I to have the use of an enclosed 

 shed. My difficulty is in regard to the 

 wintering of them, as they must be 

 wintered in this shed. How would the 

 following plan answer? Board in a 

 bin against one side of the shed (in- 

 side the shed) making the bin about a 

 foot wider than the length of the hives, 

 and place the hives in the bin with 

 the entrances turned outward from the 

 wall, and surround the hives with five 

 or six inches of planer shavings well 

 pressed down, with a cover to the bin. 

 How can the entrances be protected? 



If they are enclosed in the shavings 

 the air would be excluded; if left open, 

 there is too much exposure. 



I would like to know if the plan 

 will work; if so, how to manage the en- 

 trances; also how to guard against 

 mice. " 



I am not certain that I understand 

 my friend exactly. It the shed is en- 

 closed on all sides, the same as an or- 

 dinarj' room, and he proposes to turn 

 the entrances in, which will exclude 

 the bees from the open air, then I do 

 not approve of the plan. Bees winter- 

 ed out of a cellar ought at all times to 

 be able to reach the open air should 

 the temperature allow it. If the shed 

 is open on one side so that the bees 

 can fly from the entrances, the plan is 

 all right. Simply make a bridge to 

 put in front of each hive, which will 

 enable the bees to reach the open air. 

 Contract the entrance sufficiently to 

 exclude mice. It is not likely that 

 enough cold air will come in at the 

 entrances to do much harm. If there 

 is any fear that there will, a piece of 

 board may be placed against the outer 

 entrance, to be removed if the weather 

 should be warm enough for the bees 

 to fly. If this plan is followed, there 

 must be a certainty that the bee-keeper 

 will be at home when the warm day 

 comes. 



If the hive has a loose bottom board, 

 it may be well to place a two-inch rim 

 of wood under the hive. B3' cutting an 

 entrance in the upper edge of the rim, 

 there will be no danger of its becoming 

 clogged with dead bees. 



THE CANDYING OF HONEY. 



Is it Possible to Influence the Size of the 

 Grain. 



If consumers can be educated iind 

 induced to buy honey in the granulated 



state it would be an advantage to the 

 producer, and anj'thing that helps in 

 that direction ought not to be neglected. 

 Mr. John S. Callbreath, of Rockrift, 

 N. Y., tells Gleanings of some of his 

 experience, and asks some questions 



