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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



scraper. Some of the same kind of lum- 

 ber was nailed to the under side of the 

 joists, and then this floor was covered 

 with sawdust to the depth of perhaps 15 

 to 1 8 inches. 



VENTILATION WITH NO REGULAR VENTILATOR 



A hatchway, probably two feet square, 

 was left for ventilation up through the 

 floor and sawdust. The gable ends were 



the combs to mould that were stored in 

 the house, and we shall put in a ventilator 

 this coming fall to carry the moisture up 

 through the roof. 



REASONS FORTHIS PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION 



These cellars were built in the cheapest 

 manner possible, because we were yet 

 undecided as to whether we should con- 

 tinue to keep the apiaries in exactly those 



One Day's Work, Plow 



single-boarded, of cull lumber, and the 

 roof was of the same kind of lumber laid 

 two thicknesses. There was no ventilator 

 placed in the roof, as we thought that the 

 cracks in the gable ends and in the roof- 

 boards would be sufficient, and. so far as 

 1 am able to judge, the ventilation was 

 sufficient. At the Morey yard we placed 

 our honey house right over the cellar, and 

 allowed the moisture from the cellar to 

 come up into it, just as we did with the 

 other cellars, it was all right, so far as 

 the bees were concerned, but it caused 



ing. Scraping and Digging. - 



localities. If we should decide to move 

 ■ them, it would not be very much work to 

 pull off and out the lumber and posts that 

 we had put into the cellars, while, if we 

 decided to remain permanently at these 

 locations, we could simply board up on 

 the inside of the costs and fill the space 

 between the outside and inside walls with 

 cement, when we would have permanent 

 walls at very little additional cost. 



USING A CELLAR FOR AN EXTRACTING-ROOM 



These cellars cost us about $50.00 

 each, and we expect to build another one 



