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A. It ought to be a capital place. Without letting light into 
the cellar you should keep it open enough to have the air always 
fresh, not cooling it below 45 degrees. 
Q. Will a cellar containing vegetables, potatoes, etc., be a 
good place to winter bees? Would the odor from the vegetables 
hurt the bees? 
A. That depends. If, like too many cellars, with a lot of de- 
cayed vegetables and the air foul and moldy, the bees will not do 
Fic. 10. A bee-cellar conveniently located to the apiary. The upper part is 
used as a honey and super storage room. 
well. If the cellar is kept as clean as it should be for civilized 
beings to live over, the h.e<?s will not object to the odor of the 
vegetables. 
Q. Is there any way to keep a cellar dry enough for bees 
when the thermometer is only 38 degrees, Fahr.? I lost all my 
bees the last three winters. I think it must be because of the 
dampness and the cold. What can I do to keep it warm and dry? 
We have had bees for the last twenty years, and have been suc- 
cessful until the spring of 1908, when we lost all. 
A. Putting lime in the cellar will help to keep it dry. But at 
38 degrees, the cold may be more to blame than the dampness. 
For years, before there was a furnace in my cellar, I kept a small 
