IN-DOOR WINTERING. 



367 



found to be restless, it may be good policy to give them some 

 water (271), or to take them out on a warm day when the 

 temperature is at least 45° in the shade, to let them have a 



Fig. 138. (From L'Apicoltore, of Milan.) 



BEE CLAMP FOR WINTERING. 



I, air draft, dj roof. 



flight, and return them to the cellar afterward. We do not 

 advise it as a practice however. On the contrary, if they are 



Fig. 139. 



HOW TO PILE THE HIVES. 



Fig, 140. 

 GROUND PLAN OF A BEE CLAMP. 



quiet, it is better to keep them indoors, till the early Spring 

 days have fairly come, to avoid what is called Spring-dwind- 

 ling (659). 



