AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Golden=Rod in November. 



D. C. SCOTT. 



The ruddy sunset lies 

 Banked along the west, 



In flocks, with sweep and rise. 

 The birds are going to rest. 



The flaunting golden-rod 

 Has lost her worldly mood. 



She's given herself to God, 

 And taken a nun's hood. 



The Winter's loose somewhere, 

 Gathering snow for a fight ; 



From the feel of the air 

 I think it will freeze to-night. 



Queries ajid Replies. 



Ventilation in Winter Qnarters. 



Query 793. — 1. For cellar wintering 

 should the hives be ventilated at the top 

 and bottom ? 2. If so, what is the best 

 method ? — Iowa. 



I would depend on bottom ventilation. 

 —J. P. H. Brown. 



1. Only at the bottom. 2. I remove 

 the bottom-boards. — R. L. Taylor. 



1. No, 2. If the cellar is well venti- 

 lated, the bottom is sufficient. — Mrs. L. 

 Harrison. 



1. At the bottom only. 2. Leave the 

 entrance wide open the whole width of 

 the hive. — C. H. Dibbern. 



1. Yes. 2. Use chaff cushions on 

 top, and raise the hive 2 inches all 

 around at the bottom. — G. M. Doo- 



LITTLE. 



I have realized the best results when 

 the quilt has been left as the bees fasten 

 it, and with the bottom-board removed. 

 — A. B. Mason. 



I am of the firm conviction that a bee 

 hive should never be ventilated from the 

 top — that is, never give it any upward 

 ventilation. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. No. 2. We pile the hives 4 high, 

 without bottoms, and turn up the corner 

 of the oil-cloth a little to give ventilation 

 at the top. — Dadant & Son. 



1. I have never wintered bees in a 

 cellar, but I think they ought to have 

 some ventilation in the top as well as the 

 bottom. 2. The entrance should be 

 wide open, and there should be some 



porous material on the frames that will 

 let the air go through it quite slowly. — 

 M. Mahin. 



1. At the bottom, usually. 2. If loose 

 bottom-boards are used raise the hive 

 and put inch strips under the ends of the 

 hive, leaving the sides open. — Eugene 

 Secor. 



I never could see any difference in 

 results, whether the hives were venti- 

 lated at all or not, provided the temper- 

 ature be kept right. I do not worry 

 about ventilation any more. — James 

 Heddon. 



I leave the covers of my hives closed 

 tightly without upper ventilation. I 

 have reversible bottom-boards, and in 

 Winter there is a 2-inch space under 

 the bottom-bars, with the entrance 12 

 by 2.— C. C. Miller. 



1. It depends upon how warm the 

 cellar is in Winter. If it is a very warm 

 cellar, ventilate at both the top and 

 bottom of the hive. 2. Top ventilation, 

 in cellars, is best secured through quilts 

 or light cushions of chaff or other ma- 

 terial. — G. L. Tinker. 



1. Ventilate at the bottom. 2. At the 

 entrance, or if a rim is put under the 

 hive (which I think a good thing), then 

 make a similar opening. If the opening 

 is in the body of the hive, that will be 

 excellent, even with t^e two or three 

 inch rim under the hive. — A. J. Cook. 



1. My only practical knowledge con- 

 cerning cellar wintering is base.d on 

 some experiments I made some Winters 

 ago. In those experiments, in my cellar, 

 I found that ventilation at the top of 

 the hive was necessary to keep the bees 

 dry. 2. A shallow super on the top of 

 the brood-chamber so as to have a dead- 

 air space above the cluster, is the best 

 protection against moisture. — G. W. 

 Demaree. 



1. No ventilation should be given at 

 the top ; it should all be given at the 

 entrance. 2. My bees are wintered on 

 the summer stands with success, using a 

 " Hill's device " on top of the frames, 

 covered with a piece of old carpet, or its 

 equivalent. I fill in, on top of that, 5 

 or 6 inches of forest leaves, loosely 

 pressed down. This allows the excess 

 of moisture to pass off, but does not ven- 

 tilate. I give a large entrance, the 

 whole width of a Langstroth hive, to a 

 strong colony. — J. E. Pond. 



Ventilation at the entrance is usually 

 sufficient, if that is left wide open. — 

 The Editor. 



