MANAGEMENT OF BEES. 
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method of wintering is preferable to any other now in 
use. 
I find by experimenting that a swarm in a dry cel- 
lar will eat from 3 to 10 pounds more honey through 
the feeding season that the same sized swarm standing 
out doors well covered with straw. Bees standing in a 
warm cellar will feed every day more or less, as the 
occasion may require. But Bees exposed to a cooler 
atmosphere will eat when it is warm enough for them 
to move about the Hive with safety, and in cold weath- 
er they will cluster together and remain in a dor- 
mant state until a change of weather ; but they will 
not freeze if well covered with dry straw, and the 
comb remain dry and healthy. 
A swarm of Bees standing out doors, exposed to the 
storm and warm rays of the sun, will eat a number of 
pounds more of honey than one covered with dry 
straw. Bees standing in the sun will fly out every 
warm day through the Winter and empty themselves, 
and return to the Hive. They then feed bountifully 
until they become full again. After this they eat but 
little until another warm day. Then they leave the 
Hive again, as above stated. This is repeated through 
the feeding season. But Bees covered with straw ane 
kept from the wind and the warm rays of the sun. — 
They do not struggle to leave the Hive when the sun 
shines upon them, because they do not feel the effects 
of it enough to give them any uneasiness. Conse- 
quently they do not empty themselves through the 
winter, as they never empty themselves in the Hive, 
unless the weather is so warm that they become 
restless, and are confined in the Hive. If the wea- 
ther be very warm, and they insist upon it, it will be 
better to let them come out. They are sometimes 
lost by being kept confined when the weather is warm. 
