348 THE HIVE AND HONEY-BEE. 



the stocks of a village in a common vault or cellar. 

 Dzierzon says: 



" A dry cellar is very well adapted for wintering bees, even 

 though it be not wholly secure from frost ; the temperature will 

 be much milder, and more uniform than in the open air the bees 

 will be more secure from disturbance, and will be protected from 

 the piercing cold winds, which cause more injury than the greatest 

 degree of cold when the air is calm. 



" Universal experience teaches that the more effectually bees 

 are protected from disturbance and from the variations of tempe- 

 rature, the better will they pass the Winter, the less will they 

 consume of their stores, and the more Vigorous and numerous will 

 they be in the Spring. I have, therefore, constructed a special 

 Winter repository for my bees, near my Apiary. It is weather- 

 boarded both outside and within, and the intervening space is 

 filled with hay or tan, &c. ; the ground plat enclosed is dug out 

 to the depth of three or four feet, so as to secure a more moderate 

 and equable temperature. When my hives are placed in this 

 depository, and the door locked, the darkness, uniform tempera- 

 ture, and entire repose the bees enjoy, enable them to pass the 

 Winter securely. I usually place here my weaker colonies, and^ 

 those whose hives are not made of the warmest materials, and 

 they always do well. If such a structure is to be partly under- 

 ground, a very dry site must be selected for it." 



Mi*. Quinby, who has probably the largest Apiary in 

 the United States, has for many years wintered his bees, 

 with great success, in a room specially adapted to the pur- 

 pose. To get rid of the dampness, he inverts the com- 

 mon hives, and removes the board that covers my 

 frames. 



Mr. Wagner has furnished me with the following trans- 

 lation of a very able article from the JSienenzeitunff. 

 The author, the Rev. Mr. Scholtz, of Lower Silesia, is 

 widely known in Germany for his skill in bee-keeping : 



" Farmers have long been in the habit of placing apples, potatoes, 

 turnips, &c., in clamps, to preserve them during Winter. They 



