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Stands will be more likely to go through safely, and in tetter con- 

 dition if the weather is such that they can have a good flight 

 about once during each month. 



I rather the bees would not fly from December i to January 

 20 ; after that an occasional flight would be a decided benefit. 

 Generally there are several days in February and March when the 

 temperature is sufficiently warm for the bees to fly with safety. 

 I let mine fly when the temperature in the shade is 45° or more 

 above zero, provided there is no wind. 



Wintering; bees in oellars. 



Wintering in a cellar and in repositories has not been a success 

 with me. Yet tliis is no reason why other people do not suc- 

 ceed. I think I have failed for want of proper ventilation of 

 the cellar. Notwithstanding the fact that it has just been de- 

 cided that a cellar in which to winter bees needs no ventilation, 

 I am of the opinion that those whose cellars already have ventil- 

 ators in them will not remove nor close them when the bees are 

 put in. Were I intending to use my cellar again for bees, I cer- 

 tainly should put in ventilating tubes to furnish them all the fresh 

 air needed. 



The Production of Comb Honey. 



The manager of the American Apiculturist invited several 

 well-known beekeepers of great experience to give their methods 

 for managing an apiary for the production of comb honey. We 

 believe he was the first person to advance the idea of the impor-' 

 t£mce and the great advantage it would be to the general bee- 

 keeping public in publishing special papers written by beekeep- 

 ers of experience and those who are in active employment m the 

 apiary each season and by men capable in every sense that 4;hat 

 word implies of teaching and instructing the novice and even those 

 who have had many years experience in the apiary how to con- 

 duct beekeeping m order to obtain the best results. The first es- 

 sky on the, production of comb honey that.appeared in print may 

 be found in the first edition of the Beekeepers' Handy Book, 

 and was written by Geo. W. House, then of Fayetteville, N. Y. 

 The reputation of Mr. House as a beekeeper and honey, pro- 

 ducer was well known to, all. 



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