THII BtlE-KFJlPERS- REVIEW 



379 



The Winter Case with One Side, also One-Halt the Roof Removed, 

 as they Appear Packed for Winter. 



{Sec Editorial Depaitment.] [Phvlo by Townsctid.] 



the liive. Using these 

 figures as a basis, 

 "I've been thinking'' 

 that when fed for 

 winter, if the eight- 

 frame hive should 

 weigh GO pounds, the 

 10-frame ought to 

 weigh 67 pounds, 

 assuming that the 

 same amount of stores 

 will be necessary in 

 either case. "I've 

 been thinking" for 

 several years that it 

 was not of half so 

 m u c h importance 

 where or how we un- 

 dertake to winter 

 our bees, as it was 

 to have all good, strong szvartJis with plenty of good stores to winter 

 upon. Colonies in this condition are in shape to stand almost any 

 kind of weather, either in the cellar or packing cases outside. 



Our experience and those of others that have come under my 

 observation go to show that altogether too much stress has been 

 placed upon the matter of temperature in the bee-cellar. 



About member 

 Smith's cellar that 

 m ember Wheeler 

 mentions. ^Member 

 Smith has a very 

 damp cellar, built 

 in very heavy clay 

 soil. This location 

 for a bee cellar is, 

 according to the or- 

 thodox writer, the 

 most to be avoided. 

 For m any years 

 member Smith had 

 trouble in wintering 

 in his cellar. One 

 spring, by accident, 



Wrapped in No, 2 Tar Paper for Spring Protection. Some Bee- ^ COVer WaS knockcd 

 Keepers Report Good Results "Wintering" with Hives thus Pro- rr i • j 



tected. The Cover is Slid Out of Position to Better Show Man- OIT a hlVC and not 



ner of Wrapping. ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^,.^„,,„^.] di S C O V C r C d Until 



