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temperature of the cellar must be reduced so that they 
will remain quiet. If this cannot be done, they must 
be carried out of doors, but not allowed to fly unless it is 
warm, when they will soon become quiet, and should 
then be carried back. The cellar ought to be kept as 
cool as possible without freezing. If it cannot be kept 
cool enough to keep them quiet, they had better be lett 
out of doors altogether, with such protection as you can 
give them.. Bees seldom manifest any disposition of 
uneasiness, until along in February or March, when 
they sometimes become uneasy, and if the weather 
will admit of their flying, they may be taken out ; let 
them fly a few hours to discharge the accumulated 
fteces, which will prevent their soiling their combs and 
hives, which they are quite apt to do, when shut in too 
long and kept too warm. Taking them out once in 
early spring will do ; they may then be left in the cellar 
until the weather becomes warm enough to place them 
on the stands for summer. There should not be many 
colonies carried out at once, as they will be less likely 
to notice each other, and will not be as liable to attempt 
robbery. Sitting them out in a mild day when they 
can fly readily, is better than to take them out in a cool, 
windy day. 
Where persons are negligent and persist in leaving 
their bees out of doors, my Compound Hives gives bet- 
ter protection than any others in the world, being double- 
walled, with a dead air-space around the entire colony, 
thereby securing a more even temperature than can be 
obtained in a single hive. 
