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The mercury in room A stood 

 at about 48° during February. In 

 room B, it varied from 30 to 45°. 



April 1, I took from eacli room 

 about one-half bushel of dead bees. 

 The stocks weighed then as fol- 

 lows : 



No 1, 73 lbs.; No. 2, 45 lbs.; 

 No. 3, 55J. lbs. ; No. 4, 78 lbs. ; 

 No. 5, 33 lbs. ; No. 6, dead ; No. 

 10, 40 lbs. ; No. 11, 46^ lbs. The 

 other three stocks that wintered 

 out of doors, weighed as follows : 

 No. 7, 112 lbs.; No. 8, 114 lbs.; 

 No. 9, 98 lbs. 



1 set out the bees from room A, 

 April 17th and from room B, April 

 18 th. 



I neglected to measure the bees 

 that were swept from the rooms at 

 this time, but 1 should judge there 

 were no more than there had been 

 during the same period previously. 



No. 4 weighed at this date 75 

 lbs., No. 2, 45 lbs. ; No. 5, 30^ 

 lbs. The others I did not weigh. 



In room A, I lost two stocks in 

 twelve combs, Quinby hives, and 

 three in hanging frame hives. In 

 room B, I lost two stocks in twelve 

 comb, and two in seven comb, 

 Quinby hives. The hive in the 

 attic was subjected to too much 

 variation in temperature, particu- 

 larly to too extreme heat, as the 

 attic became very warm during 

 sunny days. I see no advantages 

 in such a place for wintering. 



Considering the condition of 

 these stocks when they went in Avin- 

 ter quarters (being composed of 

 nearly all old bees, and the disturb- 

 ance caused by the frequent obser- 

 vations the results are better than 



I anticipated. Bees from apiaries 

 where fall honey was abundant, 

 and breeding continued late in the 

 season, wintered much better. 



In a future article I shall give 

 some conclusions formed from these 

 experiments. 



A GUIDE TO 



THE BEST METHODS OF 



BEEKEEPING. 



By J. L. Christ. 



R. F. Holterman, Translator. 

 {Continued from p.5S, Vol. III.) 



CARE IN PLACING THE COLONIES. 



In placing the colonies care 

 should be taken that the hives are 

 somewhat higher at the back than 

 at the front, say about half an inch, 

 in order that the water and mois- 

 ture and particularly that which 

 during winter evaporates from the 

 bees, can run out of the hive through 

 the entrance so that it will not re- 

 main and cause the combs to be- 

 come mouldy. The moisture is 

 also injurious to the bees them- 

 selves. The gradual descent thus 

 given to the bottom boards enables 

 the bees to remove from the hive 

 more readily their dead bees or any 

 other foreign bodies that may be in 

 the hive and it is always well to 

 make all of the labors of the bees 

 as light as possible. 



REGARDING THE REMOVING OF THE 

 BEES IN SUMMER AND AVINTER. 



If colonies are to be chauged to 

 other locations or positions in the 



