52 SUCCESSFUL BEE-KEEPING. 
contained in the breath of the bees, keeping them dry.and 
sweet, and preventing a current of cold air through the 
hive, which is fatal. 
The slide should occasionally be removed, and all dead 
bees and dirt drawn out from the bottom. A convenient 
scraper for doing this may be made of a 3-16th inch bra- 
zier’s rod sixteen inches long, and the end turned about 
ye inch and flattened. 
Bees thus cared for, in my hives, and placed where the sun 
shall not shine upon and disturb them in the middle of the warm- 
est days of winter, WILL NOT PERISH WHILE THERE IS HONEY IN 
THE HIVE 
By those who do not keep bees in such numbers as to 
render such a course impracticable, something may, per- 
haps, be gained by carrying the hives in early winter into 
a dry, dark, quiet cellar. The bees will thus remain more 
quiet, and consume less honey, than otherwise ; but this 
costs time, and is attended with care and trouble ; and, 
besides, most cellars are so damp as to render the de- 
struction of the bees certain: so that it is not probable 
that this method could be adopted to any considerable 
extent. 
TALL HIVES. 
Intelligent bee-keepers are generally agreed that tall 
hives are better to winter bees in than low ones. Even 
Mr. Langstroth, whose hive is a low one, says: ‘A hive 
tall in proportion to its other dimensions, has some obvi- 
ous advantages ; for, as bees are disposed to carry their 
stores as far as possible from the entrance, they will fill 
its upper part with honey, using the lower part mainly 
for brood, thus escaping the danger of being caught, in 
cold weather, among empty ranges of comb, while they 
