1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



101 



sometimes think how much easier it would 

 1)e if we could look ahead and shun these 

 hard problems of life; but then it is much 

 better as it is, for it is through their study 

 that our per-everance is developed, and in 

 this way we are ever passing to a higher and 

 a more intellectual plane. 



past the end or side of the cellar sufficient to 

 hold a few thousand cubic feet of fresh air; 

 then ventilate the cellar into these rooms, 

 and you will have the whole wintering prob- 

 lem solved. 



The accompanying photos of the sides and 

 the south end of our building and cellar will 



FIG. 2. 



ALEXANDEK S HONEY-HOL isE. TAKEN FROM A DISTANCE, SHOWING A PART OF 



THE APIARY. 



With the continually changing weather of 

 last winter it would have been almost impos- 

 sible for us to prevent a very heavy loss of 

 bees had we depended on opening outside 

 doors to ventilate or cool off our cellar: for 

 every time this is done it excites and disturbs 

 every colony. 



There are many things to take into consid- 

 eration in order to winter our bees success- 

 fully. Many neglect putting their bees in 

 proper condition as they should, early in the 

 fall. I think this should be done before Oct. 

 1. Every colony should have a good queen 

 not over fifteen months old : also a good-sized 

 colony of bees with at least 20 pounds of 

 honey. This amount is sullicient if they are 

 wintered in a good cellar, and you expect to 

 do some feeding in the spring to stimulate 

 early breeding, which is very essential in or- 

 der to secure a surplus of early honey. But 

 if you don't expect to feed any in the spring, 

 then 80 pounds or more is Ijetter to carry 

 them through to another season. 



In the above I forgot to say that, during 

 the wintei', we close the inside blinds of all 

 the windows in the room above the cellar, 

 and the tank-room at the end. This makes 

 these two rooms as dai'k as midnight, and 

 with the trap-doors partially open, and the 

 doorway into the tank-room covered with a 

 light quilt, there is an even temperature of 

 pure air at all times in the cellar, which keeps 

 the bees as quiet as death, and with them it 

 is like one long unchanging night from the 

 day they are put away until they are carried 

 out in the spring. 



In conclvision let me advise you by all 

 means, when you build your bee- cellar, not 

 to stop until you have a good substantial 

 building over it — one that will extend either 



help you to understand how we have such 

 easy control of the ventilation and tempera- 

 ture of this cellar. 1 wish every bee keeper 

 in the land could have his bee-cellar, store- 

 room, and shop, as convenient as we now 

 have ours. It would save many colonies 

 from winter losses, and much time in carry- 

 ing needed supplies from one place to 

 another. 



Delanson, N. Y. 



[Our correspondent, in what he says of 

 this subject of ventilation, agrees with one 

 of the best authorities on the subject in the 

 United States. I refer to Mr. H. R. Board- 

 man, of East Townsend, Ohio. He has the 

 reputation of bringing his bees through the 

 winter every year in good shape. — Ed.] 



AVAX-RENDERING. 



A Brief History of Different 3Iethods, In- 

 cluding the Use of Wax -presses; the 

 Hatch-Genimil Press and What 

 Can be Expected from it. 



BY H. H. ROOT. 



Continued from last issue.. 

 We will now take up the actual plan of 

 woi'king this form of press. Since there is 

 no heat applied to the combs during the 

 pressing, it is well to do the work in warm 

 weather or in some room that can be kept 

 warm by the heat of the stove used; for when 

 the air is cold, or when the wind is blowing, 

 the wax has a tendency to become chilled, 

 and the work is hindered. In warm weath- 

 er, or in a warm room there need be no chill- 

 ing if the work is properly done. It would 



