1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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The best time to bring the hives iu 

 the cellar is during a cold day follow- 

 ing a warm one. If the bottoms of 

 the hives are movable, it is better to 

 leave them on their place, using a 

 false bottom to convey them to the 

 cellar, where a bottom is not useful. 

 As soon as a hive is placed, its top 

 ought to be moved, so as to give the 

 bees a current of air inside, and 

 wedges about two inches in thickness 

 should be laid on the top of the ceil- 

 ing to separate the hives from one 

 another. 



The bees ought to remain undis- 

 turbed in the cellar until March or 

 April, according to the latitude. 

 They should be removed in the morn- 

 ing of a warm day, to give them a 

 chance of Hying out. As soon as 

 about 10 are returned to their old 

 place, it is well to wait about 10 or 

 15 minutes before removing another 

 batch, to prevent a too crowded flight 

 of bees at the same time for some- 

 times they fly out in such numbers 

 that they mix together and go iu the 

 most populous hives, to the detriment 

 of the weaker onjs. 



When bees have not suffeied dur- 

 ing their seclusion, this removal is 

 easy; l)ut if they have become uneasy, 

 especially if they have suffered from 

 the Wiirmth of the celhir, during one 

 or two weeks or more, they are ready 

 to leave the hive iu whibh tliey have 

 suffered, and desert in crowds. They 

 mix with others. Then you find 

 hives with (wo or three lialled queens-, 

 which have deserted their owa with 

 all the bee.*. You try to return these 

 queens witli .«ome bees, but you do 

 not succeed very often, and cui'c tlie 

 business. 1 liiwe ('xr)erienced such 

 annoyances, which have (let I'red me 

 from wintering In-es in cellars. — 

 Chas. Dadayit, in I'raliie Farmer. 



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EDITORIAL, 



A new year ! What joys, sorrows, 

 successes or faillires it has in store 

 for each of us is happily hidden from 

 us, that we may be the more content- 

 ed with our present circumstances, 

 and should the best be our fortune 

 we can enjoy it yet more, while , on 

 the other hand, should misfortune be 

 our lot, we need not suffer twice o'er 

 in anticipation of it. It is better to 

 be an optimist and look always on the 

 brightest side of things than to suffer 

 doubly by constantly being on the 

 look-out for something "bad" to 

 turn up. The optimist is naturally 

 of a cheerful disposition, you can rec- 

 ognize him almost instantly, while 

 the pessimist, he who sees little good 

 not only in himself and his prospects, 

 but in his fellow men, is always liv- 

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