SHELTERING. 343 
ity frames. 2d. As they do not allow the heat or cold to 
pass in and out readily, the bees in these hives may remain 
in-doors, in occasional warm Winter days, while those of 
thin-front hives will have a cleansing flight. Thus, in hard 
Winters, these bees suffer as much from diarrhea (626- 
784) as others, unless the Apiarist takes pains to disturb 
them and make them fly, occasionally. 
Fig. 109. 
OUTER COVERING. 
As used by J. G. Norton and others. One side ts removed to show the 
hive within. 
642. But we highly recommend the use of these hives, 
to the bee-keepers who do not wish to go to the trouble of 
sheltering their bees every Winter. With the chatf-hive, 
itis a matter of only a few minutes to put into Winter- 
quarters a colony, that has sufficient stores and bees. As to 
the advantage, claimed for these hives, of keeping weak 
colonies warm, in the Spring, we found it counterbalanced 
by the loss of the sun’s heat during the first warm days, 
