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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Ausr. 24, 1899. 



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door wintering depends upon climate 

 and the character. For many years I have 

 not lost a colony that had plenty of stores 

 and plenty of bees without any protection. 

 I keep the entrances wide open. I live in 

 Henry Co., Ind. 



R. L. Taylor— Yes, ventilation always, 

 and protection in some climates. Your 

 question is scarcely intelligible. If you 

 mean for bees indoors, I venture a good 

 cellar and absence of bottom-boards. 



J. A. Ktone— In central Illinois we think 

 it is, as those who did not protect their bees 

 last winter lost 50 percent of them. We 

 put ours into the cellar and ventilated thru 

 a window by a device that lets in the air 

 but not the light. 



R. C. Aikin— Yes, both. Protection to 

 conserve beat, say chaff to absorb it and 

 hold it. Chaff above, but so that air can 

 freely pass thru it to cotJijAeUly inrrij off 

 iniiiMitre. Ventilation and compact stores 

 are ahead of protection. 



J. E. Pond — I always winter bees on the 

 summer stands, and I deem ventilation a 

 necessity. I allow about '^ inch over the 

 tops of the frames, covering with a cloth 

 of some kind and filling over that chaff, 

 dry leaves, or other absorbent. 



Mrs. A. J. Barber — We have tried several 

 plans for protection on the stands. We 

 prefer the empty super on top of the brood- 

 frames with a sack of sawdust big enough 

 to till the super laid in. This gives both 

 protection and ventilation. We seldom 

 lose a colony. 



D. W. Heise— I like the hive well packt on 

 the top, and sides if found necessary, but 

 don't want much protection in the way of 

 a windbreak. For ventilation I give -Vx-t 

 orO inches. This applies to outside winter- 

 ing, of course, which I think the questioner 

 has reference to. 



J. A. Green — I think protection pays. I 

 use packing boxes, six or eight inches 

 larger each way than the hive, filled with 

 leaves or planer-shavings. The only venti- 

 lation 1 care tor is thru an entrance I'^X''.,, 

 so arranged that it cannot become clogged 

 by ice or dead bees. 



Emerson T. Abbott — I do not bother 

 much about ventilation. Plenty of food 

 in the right place, above the cluster, is the 

 thing. Protection from sudden changes is 

 an aid to successful wintering Bees in a 

 cbialir do not/i'ff.vc — they starite. (Dr, Miller, 

 please take notice). 



Dr. A, B. Mason— No, but both are a 

 great benefit. My present method is to pile 

 the hives one on top of another, 4, :") or (1 

 high, without covers or bottom-boards in 

 the cellar, I use a quilt of enameled cloth, 

 and place sticks an inch square on top of 

 each hive to set the next one on, leaving 

 the cover on the last or top hive, 



G. W, Demaree — In my locality (Ken- 

 tucky) I winter bees on thesummer stands. 

 Plenty of stores, and just let them alone. 

 The past winter, in February, my apiary 

 survived eight zero days without a let-up — 

 and during this unknown arctic spell tor 

 this locality, there were 3C consecutive 

 hours that the temperature did not rise 

 above the 10" mark below zero. At that 

 time nobody expected to hear the " buz" of 

 a bee's wing any more; but the bees lived, 



E. S, Lovesy — Yes, in all northern locali- 

 ties I believe both are good. Here (Utah) 

 protection is good, but the bees must have 

 surticient ventilation to keep them dry. 

 The bees appear to winter all right in a 

 frost proof house, and where there is no 

 smelter smoke. As a rule, the bees winter 

 fairly well with a little packing of chaff or 

 lucern leaves over them, but one end of the 

 cover should be raised about -'^ of an inch ; 

 this will give them ventilation and keep 

 them dry. 



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