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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



over the vegetable-cellar in the front part 

 is single floor without sawdust covering. 

 This gives us a 9-ft. ceiling in the extract- 

 ing-room above. 



The temi^erature in the bee-cellar (when 

 bees are in) remains between 45 and 49 

 degi-ees F. The outer vegetable-cellar stays 

 about 6 degrees colder with the middle doors 

 open as shown in the plan. 



The bees are placed in the cellar in long 

 tiers and piled five colonies high with 2x6- 

 ineh plank on edge underneath. There- is 

 just room for a small man to get around 

 between the tiers, so all colonies can be 

 inspected at any time except two piles (ten 

 hives), behind the chimney. We have 312 

 colonies in the back or bee-cellar now, and 

 25 chaff hives in the front cellar (see draw- 

 ing). The cellar is the best place for colo- 

 nies in the regiilar chaff hives in this north- 

 ern locality. We do not expect to lose a 



single colony of bees this present winter. 

 Before putting the hives in the cellar all 

 entrances aie enlarged to 1^4 inches by the 

 width of the hive by inserting two wedges 

 between the sides of the hive and the bot- 

 tom-board. The cellar is always so dry that 

 we can light a match (the eight-day kind) 

 on the floor ov walls at any time. We have 

 wintered colonies (nuclei) in this cellar 

 when the bees filled only the space between 

 two combs. When putting bees in, also 

 when taking them out, the cellar is kept 

 full of smoke ; but no smoke is used on the 

 individual colonies. This is our twelfth 

 winter for using this cellar; and since we 

 learned how tb prepare our bees for winter 

 (about nine years ago) our winter loss has 

 been less than one per cent. All covers are 

 left sealed on in the cellar, and are not 

 loosened before fruit bloom in spring. 

 Filion, Mich. 



A COMFORTABLE WORK-TENT 



BY G. FRANK PEASE 



The tent shown in the illustration is my 

 living-tent, containing four rooms and a 

 sereened-in gallery. The floors and side 

 walls are of wood, having two windoAvs for 

 eveiy room, that swing in, and screens for 

 each. This tent is one of seven, and is as 

 comfortable as a wooden house. 



The automobile, a Studebaker, has been 



driven nearly 5000 miles in eight months, 

 Avith less than ten dollars for repair bill. 

 It has carried heavy loads nearly half the 

 distance. I have drawn about 400 colonies 

 of bees, a carload of bee supplies, lumber, 

 wire fence, hogs, goats, and even a horse, 

 besides hauling all my supers and honey 

 from yard to yard. It will hold 36 colonies 



G. Frank Pease's work-tent, auto truck, and solar extractors at his Louisiana location. 



