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WINTEKING. 



To cool the air of the cellar, ice may be brought in and 

 allowed to melt slowly over a tub. 



The Apiarist must guard against cold, also, but in winter- 

 ing a large number of colonies, the heat which they gener- 

 ate will usually keep the cellar quite warm in the coldest 

 weather. In our experience, we have had to keep the 

 cellar windows open, often, in cold weather. 



649. To allow cold air to enter without giving light, we 

 have devised cellar bUnds (figs. 110 and 1H). When the 



Fig. 111. 

 CELLAR BLIND IN PLACE. 



window, inside, is raised, a wire-cloth frame is put in its 

 place to keep mice out, and there is a slide on the inside 

 of the shutter which can be used to give more or less air as 

 the case requires. Besides, the windows of our bee-ceUar 

 are made with double panes, to exclude cold or heat more 



