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plentiful supply for spring brood rearing after the colony is 
placed upon the summer stands, as it is rather difficult to practise 
feeding satisfactorily at this season of the year. 
Where cellar wintering is practised the bees should be taken 
in as soon as possible after the weather becomes so cold that there 
is little chance of further flight. It is well, also, to leave them 
Fic. 118.—Concrete cellar for wintering. 
in the cellar in spring until warm days are the rule. Many bee- 
keepers take them out when the maples bloom. If conditions 
are favorable they will get honey and pollen at once and will, 
perhaps, be self-supporting from the time they are taken out. 
However, it so frequently happens that they will be unable to 
get anything from the field for weeks at a time in early spring 
that the wise bee-man should always see that they have enough 
old stores for emergencies. As previously mentioned, stores 
of good quality are essential to successful wintering in the cellar. 
