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THE BEE-KEEPERS" REVIEW 



The foundation of a crop of honey rests 

 in the successful wintering- of bees, and 

 this is the result of many things. Strong- 

 colonies alone will not insure safe winter- 

 ing, neither will a warm cellar, nor chaff 

 hives. Perfect stores will come the near- 

 est to it, but they can't be depended upon 

 alone. In some localities the natural 

 stores can be depended upon; in others 

 part of the natural stores are all right for 

 wintering purposes, and others are disas- 

 trous. There are methods whereby the 

 right natural stores may be secured for 

 winter, or. if not, the colonies may be 

 brought through the season practically 

 free from natural stores, when it is an 

 easy matter to furnish them the best of 

 all winter stores — cane sugar. 



When the food is all that it should be, 

 then comes the matter of protection; shall 

 it be packing of some kind, such as saw- 

 dust, or chaff, or planer shavings, or shall 

 it be the cellar ? 



If it is the cellar, then follow the mat- 

 ters of temperature, moisture, ventilation, 

 etc., all of which have a bearing upon 

 successful wintering. There is a way of 

 telling- whether a cellar is damp, how 

 damp it is, and whether it is too damp 

 (depending upon the temperature) and 

 there are methods of rendering it dry if it 

 is too damp. 



Besides the matter of ventilation to the 

 cellar itself, which also has a bearing up- 

 on temperature, there is the ventilation of 



individual hives, so that the dampness 

 may pass off, yet leaving the cluster al- 

 ways dry and warm. 



Then there is the giving of protection 

 in such a manner, when wintering bees in 

 the open air, that the cluster may remain 

 warm and dry. 



Successful wintering is really a many 

 sided subject, but it can be mastered so 

 as to be able to bring colonies of bees 

 through the winter as safely as may be 

 done with a cow or horse. 



All of the leading factors of successful 

 wintering, as well as the minor details, 

 are given in the book Advanced Bee 

 Culture, and 1 am satisfied that any 

 man who reads this book, and follows its 

 instructions, will winter his bees with 

 practically no loss. Last fall 1 put 104 

 colonies of bees into my cellar, and took 

 them all out in the spring alive, dry, clean, 

 healthy and strong, and I know I can do 

 this every time, and so can others if they 

 will follow the instructions that I give in 

 Advanced Bee Culture. 



If you have failed in wintering your 

 bees, or, if you have succeeded only in a 

 measure, and would like to secure perfect 

 wintering, get the book now. and read it, 

 and put into practice its teachings, and 

 next spring will find you with strong, 

 healthy colonies— the foundation of all 

 honey crops. 



Price of the book SI. 20, or the Review 

 one year and the book for only $2.00. 



