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Query 955.— Does it pay for the trouble to 

 pack bees in the spring after taking out of 

 the cellar ?— Mich. 



W. M. Barnum. — No. 



.7. A. Green — I think so. 



Jas. A. Stone — I think not. 



S. I. Freeborn— I think not. 



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott— It would not 

 pay me. 



.1. M. Hambaugh — I think not in my 

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Dr. C. C.Miller— I don't know. I doubt 

 if it does. 



G. M. Doolittle — Some years, yes ; 

 others, no. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown.— I don't think it 

 would pay. 



H. D. Cutting — In many cases and 

 situations, yes. 



Rev. M. Mahin — I have never tried it, 

 but I think not. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater — If they are in sin- 

 gle walled hives, yen. 



E. France — I don't know. We winter 

 our bees all out-doors. 



Dadant & Son — Not usually, especially 

 if they are in good condition. 



B. Taylor — I have tested it fully sev- 

 eral springs, and it never paid me. 



R. L. Taylor — See account of experi- 

 ment on that point in late Reviews, 



Prof. A. J. Cook — Some years' experi- 

 ence in Michigan makes me think yes. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — I never tried it. I 

 think that the sun upon the hive is most 

 beneficial. 



W. G. Larrabee — I never had much 

 experience with -cellar-wintering, but I 

 think not. 



P. H. Elwood — That depends upon the 

 hive, largely. With a warm hive it 

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C. H. Dibbern — Possibly in some locali- 

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Mrs. Jennie Atchley — None of that 

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 never saw a chaff hive or a packed hive 

 of any kind in my life, therefore I don't 

 know. 



Eugene Secor — Sometimes I have 

 thought yes, and sometimes no. If we 

 knew in advance just what kind of a 

 spring we were to have, we could make 

 better calculations. 



G. W. Demaree — I live too far South 

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 locality the heat of the sun is worth 

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J. E. Pond — I have never kept bees in 

 a cellar, but should not suppose they 

 should be taken out until they could fly 

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 no need for packing, I think. 



Dr. G. L. Tinker — Yes, if you take 

 them out early enough. You will save 

 all the cost of packing in the amount of 

 stores consumed. If I wintered bees in 

 the cellar, they would be put out every 

 year about the last of February, and 

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