THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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would be a real nuisance. As a result, 

 let the common council pass and enforce 

 an ordinance prohibiting the keeping of 

 bees inside the city limits, and don't 

 you see the injustice that it would be to 

 me? Each individual case should be 

 decided upon its merits. If an apiary 

 is a nuisance, let it be so decided, and 

 the bees moved away. Don't attempt 

 to drive out all of the bees inside of a 

 corporation, simply because one apiary 

 is a nuisance. It would be as reason- 

 able to kill all the dogs because one 

 dog is cross or ugly. 



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Can't You Enlarge Your Business. 

 I just wonder if there aren't hun- 

 dreds of bee-keepers who might profit- 

 ably increase their business. Fairly 

 and soberly consider this question: 

 "Why don't you keep more bees ?" Do 

 you think that your location won't sup- 

 port more bees ? Have you ever kept so 

 many bees as to reduce the yield un- 

 profitably ? If you have, and have too 

 many bees now in one place, why don't 

 you start an out-apiary ? If you have 

 only a few bees, why don't you keep 

 more? Don't say you would keep more 

 if you had them. It is an easy matter 

 to get bees. There is no stock that 

 will increase so rapidly as they. I 

 started with 20 colonies last spring, 

 and now have 104. Yes, you say, but 

 the hives cost something. True; but if 

 your heart is in it, you will find some 

 way to get the hives. Not long ago I 

 visited a father and son who are jewel- 

 ers in a large city, but whose back 

 yard is full of bees, and these men 

 make their hives by hand, evenings, in 

 a snug little shop on the back end of 

 the lot. Not only this, but they get 

 the most of their lumber from boxes 

 that are picked up at stores for little 

 more than a song. It was a pleasure 

 to see with what enthusiasm they told 

 of the happy times they had working 

 there until ten o'clock at night making 

 hives. They now have about 80 colon- 

 ies, and next year they expect to in- 



crease them to such an extent as to 

 occupy the adjoining lot. You see, it 

 is easy enough to get bees and hives if 

 you really care to do so. If you don't, 

 why don't you ? Consider the question 

 well. 



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The Ventilation of Bee Cellars. 

 Years ago, "sub-earth" ventilation 

 of bee cellars was almost universally 

 recommended. Nearly every one who 

 built a bee cellar, also buried 200 or 

 300 feet of drain title; the outer end 

 connecting with the open air, the inner 

 end entering the cellar. To remove the 

 aXr/roin the cellar, a pip9, connecting 

 with a scove pipe in the room above, 

 extended down through the floor to 

 within a few inches of the cellar bot- 

 tom. The draft of the stove pipe 

 "pulled up" the air from the cellar, 

 and more flowed in through the sub- 

 earth pipe to takes its place. In pass- 

 ing through the sub-earth pipe, the air 

 was warmed. If there was no stove 

 pipe with which to connect the the out- 

 let pipe, it was extended upwards until 

 it reached the open air. The air in the 

 cellar, being warmer than the outside 

 air, flowed out of the upper ventilator, 

 and more air flowed in through the sub- 

 earth tube. 



In order to keep the temperature 

 even, there was much opening and 

 closing of ventilating tubes. In very 

 severe weather, it was often necessar3' 

 to leave the openings closed several 

 days, or even weeks. At such times it 

 was noticed that the bees suffered no 

 inconvenience. Not only this, but it 

 was often noticed that when the venti- 

 lators were opened, the in-rush of fresh, 

 cool air aroused the bees and made 

 them uneasy. Finally the ventilators 

 were opened less and less, and, at last, 

 they were left closed all of the time. 



The amount of air needed by bees 

 varies greatly according to circum- 

 stances. When they are excited and 

 full of honey, as is the case with a 

 swarm, the amount of air needed is. 



