Influence of Tcmpcratiirc in Jl'infering Bees. 



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as we did with the otlier cellars. It was all right, so far as the bees 

 were concerned, but it caused the combs to mold that were stored in 

 the house, and w e shall put in a ventilator this coming fall to carry the 

 moisture up through the roof. 



These cellars, costing only $50.00 each, were built in the cheapest 

 manner possible, because we were yet undecided as to whether we should 

 continue to keep the apiaries in exactly those localities. If we should 

 decide to move them, it would not be very much work to pull off and 

 out the lumber and posts that we had put into the cellars, while, if we 



Putting up the Frame and Boarding up the Sides. 



decide to remain permanently at these locations, we could simply board 

 up on the inside of the posts and fill the space between the outside and 

 inside walls with cement, when we would have permanent walls at very 

 little additional cost. 



USING .\ CELLAR FOR AN EXTRACTING-ROOM. 



We used one of these cellars as an extracting-room, and the most 

 serious objection is that the bees gather about the door, when we are 

 extracting after the close of the season. We could use a glass door 

 instead of one of wire cloth, only it would shut off the ventilation. The 



