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hives, on a common farm wagon, on 

 which he had a long hay-rack. We 

 move them at any time in the fall, 

 winter or spring. Perhaps towards 

 spring wonld be the best ;n j'our 

 climate, where bees do not have the 

 opportunitj- to fly as often as they do 

 here. — G. W. Demaree. 



The combs are very brittle now, and 

 it is dangerous to move bees at this 

 season on account of the liability of 

 breaking down the combs. The hives 

 must be handled with care, and should 

 onlj- be handled at each end of the 

 route — therefore a sleigh-ride all the 

 way is better than part railroad. If 

 they must be moved now, instead of in 

 March, secure the frames, and load on 

 the sleigh, so that the frames cross the 

 road bed, and let them be very care- 

 fully driven, especially over the rough 

 part of the road. — The Editor. 



WIIVTER FLIOHT.^ FOR BEES 

 IIV A CELLAR. 



Written for the American Bee Joumol 



<lnery 512.— Should bees be taken from 

 the cellar on a warm day during winter, so 

 that tbey can have a flight? My cellar opens 

 into the kitchen, and it Is hard work to take 

 them up and down the steps ; but if it is 

 necessary to take them out occasionally, I 

 will do it. I fear that the cellar is too warm a 

 part of the time, and there is no good chance 

 to ventilate it. The temperature varies from 

 44° to 48°, but the bees seem quiet the most 

 of the time.— Indiana. 



No ; let them remain where they are. 

 — James Heddon. 



Do not take them out. — Dadant & 

 Son. 



Not if they are as quiet as you say. 

 — A. B. Mason. 



Let the bees alope until spring, 

 would be my advice. — G.M.Doolittle. 



Do not take them out. The tempera- 

 ture is all right.. — W. Z. Hutchinson. 



I would make every exertion to keep 

 the cellar at an even temperature ; and 

 if the bees are quiet, I would not dis- 

 turb them. — J. P. H. Brown. 



No, not at all. The temperature of 

 your cellar is fairly good, and j'our 

 bees are undoubtedly in as good con- 

 dition as possible. — :R. L. Taylor. 



I have no experience with cellar- 

 wintering, but I would not disturb 

 them unless they are very restless, and 

 show signs of disease. — M. Mahin. 



If they are quiet, let them alone ; do 

 not interrupt if all is well. If uneasy, 

 let the circumstances suggest the 

 change to be made. — J. M. Shuck. 



Not unless thej- are noisy and rest- 

 less, showing diarrhetic symptoms, by 

 discharging their feces around the en- 

 trance and over their combs. Give 

 them ventilation if possible, and keep 

 the temperature from 40^ to 45°, Fahr. 

 — J. M. Hambaugh. 



The conditions must govern in all 

 eases. If thej' are quiet and show no 

 signs of disease, let them alone vmtil 

 you are ready to put them out in April. 

 I think that the temperature is too 

 high, at 48^,— H. D. Cutting. 



So long as the bees are quiet, I cer- 

 tainly shoidd not disturb them. I do 

 not give my bees any flight from the 

 time thej' are taken in until they are 

 taken out to stay in the spring. — C. C. 

 Millee. 



I have never wintered bees in a 

 cellar, but judging from my reading of 

 experiments of this nature, I should 

 prefer not to give them a flight. It 

 may do no harm, and may so disturb 

 them as to cause great loss. — J.E.Pond. 



They should not be taken out. The 

 temperature is about right. If the 

 bees get uneasj-, later in the season, 

 give them water. The temperature can 

 be lowered if thought necessaiy, by 

 placing some cakes of ice in the cellar. 

 Another season put in sub-earth venti- 

 lation. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Bees do not require to be removed 

 fi-om a good cellar for a flight during 

 the winter, as long as they remain rea- 

 sonably quiet. Indeed, I think it a 

 disadvantage to do so, as it has a ten- 

 dency to make them restless afterward. 

 As long as the temperature can be kept 

 below 50°, the bees are better oft' in a 

 cellar than anyu'here else. I have had 

 bees confined for over five months, with 

 no bad results — C. H. Dibbern. 



By no means. If you have a cellar 

 where you can keep the temperature 

 between 36° and 48° Fahr., and the 

 bees have good food, thej' are all right. 

 I do not carry my bees out until April. 

 Should the bees become very uneasy, 

 and by change of ventilation and tem- 

 perature I could not quiet them, I 

 should carry them out if a warm day 

 came. I never expect, however, any 

 such experience. — A. J. Cook. 



As long as the bees remain quiet and 

 healthy in the cellar, thej' maj' be left 

 alone until April. Still the colonies 

 will do better to take them out about 

 March 1, and jiack them on the sum- 

 mer stands. They will be less liable 

 to spring dwindle, and will build up 

 into strong colonies at least two weeks 

 ahead of colonies put out of the cellar 

 in April. It does no harm to remove 

 the bees from the cellar at anj' time in 

 the winter on suitable days, and return 

 them after a flight, or pack them. — G. 

 L. Tinker. 



As long as they remain quiet, thej- 

 will not sufter for a flight. I have 

 kept a small colony in my office all 

 winter, where there is a summer tem- 

 perature kept up in the daytime, and 

 tlie temperature goes down below the 

 freezing point when the nights are 

 cold. They are in excellent health 



now (Jan. 20). I have another small 

 colony that is kept in a vegetable and 

 fruit cellar, at a temperature a little 

 above the freezing point, during cold 

 weather. The colonj* is moved into 

 the oflice once in about ten days, where 

 thej' are "warmed up" till they venti- 

 late with a "loud roar" as in summer 

 time. After their daj''s exercise, thej- 

 are returned to the cellar. Thej' are 

 also in fine health. I am verj- much 

 interested in these experiments. — G. 

 W. Demaree. 



As the bees are quiet in the cellar 

 they are not diseased, and may with 

 safety remain undisturbed until the 

 spring comes. Keep the temperature 

 as even as possible. — The Editor. 



tVisconsin State ConTention. 



The bee-keepers of Wisconsin meet In 

 their fourth annual convention, at the 

 Capitol in Madison, Feb. 8, 1888. 



In consequence of the State Agricultural 

 Convention being held in the same week, 

 with its usually interesting essays,speeches, 

 papers and discussions, the bee-convention 

 will probably last but one day. Reduced 

 rates can be secured on all railroads, there- 

 by making the expense much less, and giv- 

 ing those who wish to do so, a chance to 

 attend both conventions. 



The following is the programme for the 

 convention : 



President's Address, C. A. Hatch, Ithaca 



Notes from American Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention, Frank Wilcox, Mauston. 



Relation of Producer to the Commission 

 Merchant, A. V. Bishop, Commission Mer- 

 chant, Milwaukee. 



The Heddon Hive and How to Use it, W. 

 H. Putnam, River Falls. 



How to Build a Bee-Cellar, D. D. Danlher, 

 Madison. 



How to Get the Best Extracted Honey, E. 

 France, Platteville. 



Comb or Extracted Honey ; Which ? F. 

 Minnick, North Freedom. 



C. A. Hatch, President, Ithaca, Wis. 



Frank Wilcox, Secretary, Mauston, Wis. 



COmVENTIOlV NOTICES. 



B^~ The Des Moinea County Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation will hold its next meeting on April 24, 1888, at 

 Burlington, Iowa. JOHN NAD, Sec. 



Z^>~ The Hardin County Bee-Keepers' AbsocIH' 

 tlon will meet at the Court House in Eldora. Iowa, 

 on the second Saturday in each month, at noon 

 (12 o'clock), until further notice. 



J. W. Bdchanan, Sec. 



ZW The next regular meeting of the Stark County 

 Bee-Keepers' Society will be held In Grange Hall at 

 Canton, O., on Feb. 4, 1888. A full attendance is de- 

 sired, as business of importance will be considered. 

 Mark Thomson, Sec. 



J^~ The next regular meeting of the Sus- 

 quehanna County Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at New Milford, Pa., on Saturday, 

 May 5, 1888. H. M. Seeley, Sec. 



Hilton's new pamphlet on Comb Honey 

 Production has been reduced in price to 5 

 cents. For sale at this office. 



