IN-DOOR WINTERING. 351 
Scholz, of Lower Silesia, widely known in Germany for his 
skill in bee-keeping. These clamps are made similar to 
Fig. 112. (From L’ Apicoltore, of Milan.) 
BEE CLAMP FOR WINTERING. 
1, air draft. d, roof. 
those in which farmers place apples, potatoes, turnips, etc., 
to preserve them during cold weather. The only objection to 
Fig. 113. Fig. 114. 
HOW TO PILE THE HIVES. GROUND PLAN OF A BEE CLAMP. 
this mode, is the dampness of the ground in wet and warm, 
Winters. The hives are put, on a bed of straw, in a pyra- 
midal form (fig. 113), and covered, first with old boards, 
