WINTERING OUTDOORS 
905 
PACKING HIVES IN PAIRS. 
Hives can be packed in pairs with but lit¬ 
tle more material and labor for the two 
than for a single hive. For two colonies 
the 2-inch pieces for the front and back 
of the rim should be 36Y2 inches long (Fig. 
9), and the lath for the front and back 
should be 36 inches long. The paper to 
form the sides should be cut about IOV 2 
feet long (Fig. 10), and for the cover about 
41/2 feet long. 
This plan has been used quite extensively 
by a number of prominent beekeepers with 
excellent results. The labor of packing is 
no more than with the big cases, and the 
expense is much less. 
THE DEMUTPI PLAN OP WINTERING WITH 
HIVE-BODIES OR SUPERS. 
The paper cases can be used only one 
year, and because of this some may prefer 
Mr. Demutli’s other alternate plan of a 
small inner case to hold seven frames. If 
one is equipped with extra hive-bodies or 
supers, a very small additional outlay will 
cover the inner case to hold the bees and 
combs stood on end. The whole is slipped 
inside of the three hive-bodies and packed. 
The inner case is made up of %-inch 
stuff large enough to receive eight Lang- 
stroth frames on end and leave a space of 
about two inches at each end. There 
should be a clearance of at least one-half 
or three-eighths of an inch so that the 
eight frames on which the bees are to win¬ 
ter can be slid into the case endwise, as 
shown in Fig. 16, and wedged fast. A cleat 
at the bottom thru the center supports the 
frames up about two inches from the end. 
The case is then set down on a regular 
hive bottom, as shown in Fig. 11. The en¬ 
trance from the inner case is formed by 
means of a bridge that communicates with 
the outer entrance. Regular hive-bodies, 
ten-frame size, are then slipped over the 
outside, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13. Two 
hive-bodies and one shallow extracting-case 
or three hive-bodies, full depth, can be 
made to form the outer wall to receive the 
packing. When in place, packing material is 
Figs. 11 and 12.—The Demuth plan of wintering bees outdoors in common hives or supers. An 
inner case is made so as to hold eight Langstroth frames stood on end. This makes a winter brood-nest 
relatively deep. During the coldest of the winter the bees will cluster in the top where it is warm. 
