OUT-DOOR SHELTERING. 



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in bad weather. In the hot and cold climate of the Missis- 

 sippi Valley, the cloister could be used but little. 



Great injury is often done by disturbing a colony of bees 

 when the weather is so cold that they cannot fly. Many that 



Fig. 131. 



INSIDE VIEW OF TWO-STOEY DOUBLE-WALL LANGSTROTH HIVE. 



Old Style. 



a, 1>, c, double bottom-board, d, stationary outer-case. /, portico. 

 fff entrance through double wall, h, i, front and back of lower hive. 

 ;', Sj rabbetted pieces, l^ lower honey-board, m, lower part of cover. 

 o, q, cover, r, upper honey-board, u, u, t, frames, w, front and rear 

 of upper story. 



are tempted to leave the cluster, perish before they can regain 

 it, and every disturbance, by rousing them to needless activity, 

 causes an increased consumption of food. On the other hand, 



