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J. B. Espy also of Sioux City reports this method as very sat- 

 isfactory with him. 



THE MANLEY METHOD. 



B. A. Mauley of Milo, Warren county, has wintered outside 

 for twenty-five years with uniformly good results. A method 

 that has proved itself for a quarter of a century is worthy of 

 attention, yet very few follow this plan. 



Fig. 3 shows Mr. Manley 's bees as packed for winter in his 

 apiary. Mr. Manley describes his plan of wintering as follows: 



When I put my bees into winter quarters I build a tight 

 board fence about thirty inches high and place my summer 

 stands about four inches from this fence. The stands are left 

 about three inches apart, and are filled with dry leaves to keep 

 the bottoms of the hives dry. In preparing the bees for winter 

 I leave an empty super on each hive, and place the hives on the 

 stands as above described. In each of these supers I place two 

 or three corn cobs across the brood frames, to give the bees 

 access to all their stores. Over this I place a piece of gunny 

 sack, (burlap) large enough to more than cover, and then fill 

 full of dry leaves or oat chaff, and fold the burlap over at the 

 edges, being careful to press it down in the corners and place 

 the cover on. 



I place a ten inch cover over the front, at the top of the 

 brood chamber and, in front of the entrance boards a four inch 

 strip is set on edge. This forms a place to enable me to close 



Fig'. 3--The wintering method employed successfully by B. A. Manley at 

 Milo, Iowa. fa) Roof of prepared roofing-; (b) 10 inch board over 

 entrance; (c) honey house; (d) rear of residence. 



