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Beekeeping 
cellar under the residence, especially if the house is heated by 
a furnace. If separate cellars are built they should be ex¬ 
ceptionally well insulated on all sides, top and bottom, so that 
the heat generated by the bees will be sufficient to raise the 
temperature of the cellar to at least 50° F. Honey is expen¬ 
sive fuel and bees are costly furnaces, consequently artificial 
Fig. 144. — Arrangement of hives in a cellar. 
heat combined with insulation will be found to result in 
better wintering in most cases. Few of the special cellars 
built away from the house are satisfactory and furthermore 
if the bees are not near by there is danger that the beekeeper 
will not give them the attention which they often need during 
the confinement. 
In the construction of the cellar, care should be exercised 
to provide good drainage and ventilation should be adequate 
