WINTERING OUTDOORS 
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side, case set in place, and the hives set in 
and packed as before. 
OBJECTIONS TO QUADRUPLE PACKING-CASES. 
The chief objection, tho not a serious 
one, is the expense of these big cases. 
Their life ought to be 10 years, and with 
reasonable care 25 years. On the basis of 
10 years they would cost only $1.00 apiece 
or 25 cents per colony. 
Objection has been raised that it takes 
40 or 50 pounds of stores; but Phillips 
argues that this amount insures a strong 
colony that may get twice that next year. 
But suppose the season is a failure, and 
the bees have eaten 45 pounds of good 
honey. This is one of the hazards of bee¬ 
keeping; and the only remedy is to winter 
in the cellar, provided one is willing to as¬ 
sume the first cost. Bees indoors will con¬ 
sume only a little more than half as many 
stores as those outside require. See Win¬ 
tering in Cellars, further on. 
Another objection has been the tendency 
of bees to drift when the two entrances 
are side by side. On the first warm day 
when the bees can fly, one entrance may 
have two or three times as many bees fly¬ 
ing as the one right next to it. Unfortu¬ 
nately the bees of the latter are inclined to 
join the bees of the former. The result 
is that the weak become weaker and the 
strong stronger. This has happened more 
than once in the author’s apiaries. 
The difficulty can be overcome to a great 
extent by packing the bees very early so 
that they will become accustomed to their 
respective entrances in the fall previous, 
and by fastening a board 8 inches wide and 
18 inches long vertically between the two 
entrances, or by painting the two sides dif¬ 
ferent colors. 
AN INEXPENSIVE WINTER CASE MADE OF 
PAPER. 
The first cost of winter cases need not 
stand in the way of good wintering, how¬ 
ever, for bees can be well protected for only 
a few cents per colony for material, by 
using a cheap grade of tarred paper to hold 
the packing in place and keep it dry. 
Fig. 1. — Two-inch rim 
in place about bottom of 
hive. 
Fig. 2.—Paper is fastened to 
rim by means of lath. 
Fig. 3.—Cutting opening for 
entrance thru paper. 
Fig. 4.—Upper edges of 
paper folded down. 
Fig. 5.—Creasing edges of cover 
before putting in place. 
Fig. 6.—Cords are used 
to hold cover in place. 
