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quite easily, descend cellar-steps, and go through doors. 

 The only objection is the rigging, and loading and unloading. 

 The particular form of hive-carrier preferred by ma^y is 

 the one described by Mr. G. C Greiner and several others 

 in Gleanings in Bee Culture. This is presented in the fol- 

 lowing illustrations. 



G-reiner's hive-carrier. 



Two men can easily carry as many as five hives in this 

 way. Where the cellar is located some little distance from 

 the apiary "we believe this to be the most convenient method 

 yet devised. 



Instead of constructing a regular hive-carrier as, shown, 

 it is possible to get along quite well by the use of two poles. 

 See illustrations, this page. These should be about two 

 inches square and six or eight feet long. They are placed 

 on the ground in a parallel position, and as many hives 

 placed on them as can be carried ; perhaps three hives would 

 be all that could be managed easily with the poles. It is 

 much more satisfactory, however, to have the poles nailed 

 together with a framework, making a regular hive-carrier. 



A FEW CONCLUDING FACTS ON INDOOR WINTERING WELL TO 

 BEAR IN MInA. , 



1. Too low a temperature (below 40 Tahr. if long con- 

 tinued) in a bee-cellar will kill bees. 



2. An excess of dampness in a cellar does no harm, nec- 

 essarily, providing that tlie temperature is high enough, not 

 lower th3.n 45 or 50, 



