Fig. 9— Concrete bee cellar in which G. AY. 

 tered his bees for many years. 



A'ance of Antbon, Iowa, has win- 



posite end. This supplies sufficient ventilation for cold weather. 

 In mild weather the door of the bee cellar is left open. This 

 opens into another cellar room used for storage purposes all 

 being kept in total darkness. 



The bottom of the cellar is tile drained, the tile having out- 

 let in the creek about a quarter of a mile distant. However, 

 there is no direct outlet from the cellar, the tile being laid 

 about three inches below the surface. 



The ceiling is constructed of eight inch joist covered with 

 tar building paper and overlaid with patent metal lath on 

 which a coat of plaster is applied. Overhead of course there 

 is the floor of the workshop. 



No two of the cellars which the writer lias visited are alike 

 and all have their good points. A number of the most successful 

 are apartments partitioned off from the vegetable cellar or the 

 furnace room under a dwelling house. Most correspondents 

 favor brick walls as they are dryer than cement walls as a ride. 

 If too many colonies are placed m a cellar for the size of the 

 space, there is a tendency for the temperature to rise too 

 high in spring from the heat generated in the hives. Mr. 

 Strong reports that a piece of ice under the cloth on top of the 

 frames is quickly covered with bees which take it very eagerly. 

 The ice had the effect of quieting the bees and it is quite prob- 

 able that a sprinkling such as recommended by Mr. Pinney 

 would be of help where the bees get restless and the temperature 

 rises too high. 



