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stove in it, and kept a low fire in it whenever necessary to keep 
the temperature up to 45 degrees. It seems a little strange that 
after 17 years of success you should have a failure three years in 
succession. Like enough the tide will now turn, and you will 
again have good success. In my earlier years of beekeeping, I 
had experience as bad as yours, but by sticking to it I’ve made 
quite a lot of money from the bees since. 
Q. If bees are put into a cellar under the kitchen, would the 
noises incident to the kitchen-work — running a washer, bringing 
in wood, constant walking, etc. — be a detriment to the bees, pro- 
vided the hives were not jarred by any of these various opera- 
tions? 
A. I cannot speak with entire positiveness; but I have never 
noted any bad results from noises overhead (although I never had 
anything very bad in that line), and never heard of it from 
others, so I don’t believe you need take into account the matter of 
noise, -but put your bees in the place that gives you the best tem- 
perature and ventilation, providing there is any difference. 
Q. Suppose a cellar is full of bees. Is it good or bad for the 
health of those who live in the rooms above the bees? 
A. That depends on the beekeeper. If he’s a poor bee- 
keeper he will likely have a cellar with foul air and dead bees, and 
his cellar will be bad to live over. If the beekeeper is all right, 
the cellar will be kept clean, with pure air. The air in my cellar 
is as good as, or better than, the air in the living-rooms, for the 
cellar door is more or less open nearly all the time. 
Cellaring Bees. — Q. Will you give me some light on how to 
carry bees into the cellar without the bees flying out and sting- 
ing? For years it has been a mystery to me how to carry bees in, 
and sometimes out, without closing the entrances. Is there a 
difference in bees, handling, location, or what? I am curious to 
know. 
A. I will tell you just as nearly as I can just how my bees 
were carried into the cellar last year. They were carried in, No- 
vember 25, in the morning. The cellar had been wide open the 
night before. Although that does not make much difference at 
carrying in as it does at carrying out, still it is better to have the 
cellar cool, so the bees will settle down quietly when brought in. 
The average distance of the hives from the cellar door was about 
ten and one-half rods. Then they were carried a rod or so fur- 
ther to their place in the inner room. Two able-bodied men took 
about two hours to carry in the 93 colonies. One of them was ex- 
