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them out in the spring, and those in the 

 cellar will winter best. Of course, I'm 

 presuming that those put into the cellar 

 have been prepared for winter with the 

 same care that those out-of-doors have, 

 and that the cellar is all right, too. — A. 

 B. Mason. 



The colonies wintered out-of-doors 

 will winter best at the temperatures 

 named, every time. There are many 

 reasons why they would winter better, 

 but pure air and freedom from damp- 

 ness has as much to do with it as any- 

 thing. — G. L. TiNKEK. 



If I had such a temperature out-doors, 

 during winter, as that quoted, I should 

 not try for cellar-wintering at all. In a 

 case of cellJlr -wintering, it does not pay 

 to carry the bees out for a flight, but on 

 the whole it is a damage to the bees 

 being thus wintered. — G. M. Doolittle. 



If the winter is mild, they will winter 

 equally well, but those out-of-doors will 

 consume the most honey, because they 

 have to eat to keep warm. If the win- 

 ter is hard, those in the cellar will win- 

 ter best, because their intestines will be 

 less loaded with feces. — Dadant & Son. 



See recent articles bearing on the sub- 

 ject. With the circumstances as you 

 give them, thpse outside would almost 

 certainly winter better in nearly all 

 localities. Those inside would probably 

 get along better without being taken out 

 at all until it was time to leave them 

 out. — James A. Green. 



Those left outside, to be sure. Be- 

 cause wintering in the cellar is a choice 

 of evils in places where the temperature 

 is generally from 20^ below zero to 20^ 

 above. With your temperature you 

 have no evil to provide against. Besides, 

 so much shifting of those in the cellar 

 would be detrimental. — R. L. Taylor. 



I do not think that any one could an- 

 swer this question without trying it. 

 But it is my opinion that they had bet- 

 ter remain outside than to be handled 

 so often. And I think they winter bet- 

 ter in the cellar (without so many 

 changes) than outside ■ under the condi- 

 tion named ; so that ends it, with me.-^ 

 Jas. a. Stone. 



In my locality I should expect to 

 bring fully 95 per cent, through all 

 right, if they were all right in the fall. 

 If I could keep the cellar at 38- to 40-', 

 they would be better off without any 

 flight until about April 8th to 10th. 

 When you say those out-doors are in the 

 best possible condition for wintering, 

 "you say a great deal." — H. D. Cutting. 



I think the bees outside would do the 

 best, but I might answer with more cer- 

 tainty if I knew your locality. Making 

 all things equal, it is easy to see that 

 the necessary disturbance that the cellar 

 bees must submit to in being carried in 

 and out of the cellar must give the ad- 

 vantage to the outside bees. But it 

 would certainly depend upon the severity 

 or openness of the winter. — G. W. Dem- 



AREE. 



If you mean that it gets no colder 

 than 30^ above zero out-of-doors, I will 

 take the chance on the 50 left out. The 

 reason would be that, in the climate you 

 indicate you are in, you might have to 

 take the cellar lot out once a week or 

 more. If you took them out every time 

 the others had a flight, so much moving 

 would be a damage to the bees, and a 

 great bother to you. Here in Wisconsin 

 I would give the preference to the cellar 

 lot, especially the past winter, as we 

 have had 100 days of continuous good 

 sleighing, and no day in the hundred 

 that bees could fly safely. — S. I. Free- 

 born. 



As you state it, they ought all to come 

 out bright and nice in the spring. Mine 

 do, both from the chaff hives out-of- 

 doors and from the cellar. But after 

 they have been taken out of the cellar to 

 stay, you will notice in about three 

 weeks that those wintered out-of-doors 

 have a decided advantage over the 

 others — they having begun to rear more 

 brood in the cellar than they are able 

 to protect from the cold in the yard, 

 much of it chills, and the bees in their 

 endeavor to supply so much brood with 

 water and pollen, venture out in in- 

 clement weather, and are lost ; hence, 

 your loss from spring dwindling is much 

 greater with the cellar-wintered bees. — 

 Mrs. J. N Heater. 



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