IN-DOOR WINTRRING. 



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'Apicoltoe, of Milan.) 



BKE CLAMP I'OR WIKTKRING. 



(, air draft, d, roof. 



those in which farmers place apples, potatoes, turnips, etc., 

 to preserve them during cold weather. The only objection to 



Fi, ll.-i. 

 HOW T > PUB THE HIVES. 



GROUND I'LAN OF A BBK CLAMP. 



this mode, is the dampness of the ground in wet and warm 

 Winters. The hives are put, on a lied of straw, in a pyra- 

 midal form (fig. 113), and covered, first with old boards. 



