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filled up. I am not sure that I did wisel y. I am str ongly 

 of the opinion that an air-tight pipe large enough and 

 deep enough would be a great aid to successful cellaring. 



MICE IN BEE-CELLARS. 



Mice are troublesome denizens of cellars in winter. 

 Even if a cellar should be entirely free from them, they 

 are likely to be brought into the cellar with the bees when 

 the hives are brought in. Some winters I have closed 

 the entrances with heavy wire-cloth having three meshes 

 to the inch. This shuts out mice without hindering the 

 free passage of bees. Even if a mouse is shut up in a 

 hive, it will not be so bad as to let it have the free run of 



Fig. 109.— Emptying Out tHumgum. 



the cellar. Other winters traps have been used and 

 various poisons, perhaps the most satisfactory poison be- 



