WINTERING.—Chapter XVIII, 
is to prevent bulging out the sides. From 
three to six inches of packing can be put in 
at the sides and ends by permitting a slight 
bulging of the paper beyond the rim at the 
bottom, or a greater amount can be put in if 
some slack is left in the paper at the lower 
corners when the lath are nailed on. Fill in 
with 8 to 10 inches on top, then fold down 
the upper edges of the paper as in wrapping 
Rim in place for packing hives 
in pairs. a package. 
Crease the 4-foot piece of paper, which 
is to be used for the cover, by folding over the edges before putting it in 
place. After it is in place fold the corners neatly, as in wrapping a pack- 
age; then tie a cord around the folded-down 
edges to hold them snug against the sides. 
Tie a cord to one of the projecting nails in 
one of the side lath, pass it across the top 
of the hive under both nails on the opposite 
side, then back to the other nail on the first 
side, where it is fastened. 
Hives can be packed in pairs with but 
little more material and labor for the two 
than for a single hive. For two colonies the 
2-inch pieces for the front and back of the — 
rim should be 3614 inches long, and the Pair “oPhives packed complete, 
lath for the front and back should be 36 
inches long. The paper to form the sides should be cut about 101% feet 
long, and for the cover about 414 feet long. 
Wintering in Cellar. 
If one lives where the average winter temperature is below 25 de- 
grees F. and if he has good stores and a good, well-ventilated cellar that 
can_be kept quiet and completely dark and at an even temperature be- 
tween 45 and 50 degrees, he can probably winter safely in the cellar, and 
this is what he should do 
in ease he has single- 
walled hives. Cellars suit- 
able for keeping vegeta- 
bles are usually quite sat- 
isfactory for wintering 
bees. A cellar whose 
temperature varies mark- 
edly with outside tem- 
peratures is unfit for 
cellar wintering. Often- 
times colonies short of 
stores or too weak to win- 
ter outdoors will winter 
Wintering bees in a cellar. safely in a good cellar. 
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