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ehould be provided with a tight-fitting damper in the 

 room above, that may be regulated at will. The benches, 

 or supports upon which the hives are to stand, should be 

 short and rest upon the solid bottom of the cellar, q 

 and the hives placed upon them in tiers, so that 

 the tiers will not touch each other, or the sides of 

 the room. In this manner, but few need be dis- 

 turbed at once in packing away, or what is more 

 important, in taking out in spring. If the bench 

 is long enough to hold several tiers of hives, there 

 will be a disturbance of all when any one is moved. 

 The thermometer (fig. 100) to test the temperature 

 should be dropped through a hole in the floor 

 above, and attached, by means of a cord, to a cork 

 that fills the hole. The temperature should be 

 kept as nearly at 45° as possible. I should p'-efer 

 that it never drop below 40° nor rise above 50°. 

 If it rises too high, the damper in the pipe above 

 should be opened to permit the warm air to be 

 drawn out, and the tube from the outside also open- 

 ed, to allow pure cool air to take its place. With 

 a temperature of 45°, it is usually prudent to give •*^'fe'-^*"'- 

 both upward and lower ventilation in the hives. If a 

 quilt is used over movable frames, it will be porous 

 enough to afford the desired upward ventilation. In box- 

 hives, the holes in the top should be loosely filled with 

 rags, and the hives raised slightly upon the bottom board 

 to admit air. In this regard, my experience differs with 

 that of Hetherington and Elwood, who use tight caps 

 over their frames in wintering. 



A SPECIAL BUILDIITG FOR WINTEEIBTG. 



Where bee-keeping is made a specialty, and the very 

 best arrangements for wintering are desired, they may 

 without doubt be best secured by building a repository 



