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them indoors — ^that is to say, into a room of a dweUing- 

 house. Can bees be wintered beneath the ground ? We 

 have never tried to winter them there, but it has been tried 

 in America, where it was found that, though they lived 

 there, they consumed as much honey below as they did 

 above ground. The dampness of the air below ground, as 

 might be expected, rotted their combs. 



