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THE BEEKEEPER'S REVIEW 



The Bee-Keepers' Review:- — • 

 Well my bees are standing it 

 fine this winter, as it has been so 

 warm most of the time that one 

 can go out doors without any coat 

 on. I have been here for thirty 

 years and never saw a winter like 

 this before. The bees had six dif- 

 rerent flies this month already. 

 Most of the winters in this country 

 they don't get that chance in Jan- 

 uary. I winter part of my bees in 

 the cellar and part out doors in 

 Chaff hives of my own make. I 

 never lose any in Chaff hives. I 

 wintered bees in these hives twen- 

 ty-five years. Now I work my bees 

 for extracted honey so I don't have 

 much swarming. I also requeen 

 every year and make sure that I 

 have a good queen in every colony 

 in the yard. That is what makes 

 strong colonies, and that is what 

 it takes to make honey. 



The bees like to have their honey 

 up stairs and cluster down stairs on 

 dry comb, or comb with no honey 

 in, that is easy to keep warm. A 

 £,"ood many will say, "How are we 

 going to fix them up that way?" 

 All easy if you know how. Take 

 one hive full of dry comb and an- 

 other hive full of honey. Now set 

 your hive with your honey in on 



top, and your dry combs below, and 

 you have it. The next thing you 

 want is a strong colony of bees 

 and, also, a good queen. The bees 

 should be young and also the 

 queen. Now take off the wooden 

 cover and in its place put a piece of 

 grain bag just big enough to cover 

 the top of the hive, now set it in 

 your winter case. There should be 

 a three inch space all around for 

 packing and eight inches on top. 

 Be sure and have a good big en- 

 trance. Be sure and have it small 

 enough one way so no mice can get 

 in. If you fix your colonies up in 

 this way they will be good and 

 strong in the spring. 



Well to sum it all up there are 

 all kinds of sides to beekeeping 

 — The beekeeper's side, the honey 

 side and market side, the right 

 side and wrong side, the bright 

 side and dark side, the inside and 

 outside, the fat side and lean side, 

 the good side and bad side,, the 

 quick side and slow side, the hind 

 side and front side, the north side 

 and south side, the east side and 

 west side, the queen side and 

 bees side. 



Yours very truly, 



OTTO BANKER. 



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