WINTERING OUTDOORS 
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Fig. 1. — Peter Sowinski’s windbreak made of fence boards spaced about two inches apart and nailed 
horizontally on to fence posts eight feet above the ground. Open spacing breaks the force of the wind 
better than a solid fence. 
the hives help to break the violence of the 
wind. Such a location is ideal. 
A good winter location is a cleared spot 
near the south edge of a young timber over 
which the bees can fly in going to the fields. 
When the woods are made up of old forest 
trees it is too much of a good thing because 
the bees have to fly too high to get out. 
Sometimes a spot can be found on level 
ground where there is a dense growth of 
young trees on the northwest, and an ex¬ 
posure on the south and east. (See Fig. 5.) 
Pig. 2. _ Twelve-foot fence windbreak used by R. F. Holtermann. The boards are nailed vertically 
oil to horizontal cross pieces nailed or bolted on to the posts. This construction can be made up m 
panels' so that the fence can be moved in sections if necessary. 
