Show i FOR SUCCESS IN f WINTERING BEES st 5 5 I Ii r i Some of Best Apiarists Api Place t f Honey Gatherers in Cellars k kor or Special Repositories r V. V x ALL HIVES ARE PROTECTED d. d f Provide Abundance of Stores of Good j t v Quality and Shelter From Wind f r J.- J. and Cold Cold Of Of Great Import Importance t t tance to Have Good Queen C t- t S Prepared by the United States Depart- Depart r Jj t ment of ot Bees n n the more nonh northern rn parts of the United States for man many y years have ha c r been hlen placed by some of the best beekeepers beekeepers bee bee- keepers In cellars or special repositories I- I tories during the coldest parts of ot the winter There has been a growing feelIng feel- feel log Ing however that If outdoor wintering wintering winter winter- ing Is practicable in lu most cases cases It gives better results and find there has hns been ben beena a 1 decided derided change from cellar wintering to outdoor wintering within the past w. w d I decade tade ade The difficulty seems to be beo o that t the methods of cellar wintering practiced have not been satisfactory r and It teems reems probable that If as fiS much muchA A k Attention had been given ghen to the per per- of the methods of cellar tir wintering win win- ln I r term as ns has been given en to an Improvement Improvement Improve Improve- men ment t of the methods of cf outdoor winterly winter winter- ly 7 Jn there here would not have e been as ns grenI great gren r a I change to the outdoor methods n as ash h has taken place J The placing of ot bees In a cellar Is IsS S only another I way of putting Insulation I S S1 SJ 1 art interior of Bee Be Cellar With Hives In Piles Plies of Four about the hives the only difference rence Icing being that In the cellar all of ot the hives alt d alike and the protection protections is 8 s placed about the apiary instead of ot around hives In groups or singly It follows that the principles which apply apply apply ap ap- ply to successful outdoor wintering apply equally to t the protection of the bees in the cellar Essentials to to Success 55 As A's In the case of outdoor wintering the essentials to success In caring for R i. normal l colony of ot bees from the end endot of ot one seasons season's honey flow to the beginning be be- ginning of ot the next He lie In providing three things In abundance 1 Stores of ot good quality 2 protection from wind and cold and 3 room for the roaring rearing of ot brood at appropriate times These factors must not be lucking lacking at atthe atthe the right times tines and If It any anyone one Is omitted omit ted It may prevent the bees from gathering gathering gathering gath gath- ering the crop of ot the following season These three factors do not apply equally equal ly throughout the period of ot relative inactivity but as certainly as ns anyone of them is decreased just so certainly will next years year's crop be reduced In practicing cellar wintering It Is unnecessary to leave so much honey with the bees during tho the time that they nrc arc ure In the cellar and it is not necessary sary during that period to leave enve room for the rearing of ot brood During the tho coldest part of ot the winter the bees need especially protection from col coland cold and wind although enough good stores must be in the hive to keep them through that period In good condition Probably a urge rge part of ot the failure of beekeepers In practicing cellar wintering win win- ernes Imes from the fact that before be be- fore tore and after the bees are In the eel eel- lar tar the Important factors actors of stores and breeding room have not been adequately adequately adequate adequate- ly supplied Before the bees ar are are pu put into the cellar they must have room for breeding and stores In abundance and after they are taken out these two factors must be present In greatly Increased Increased Increased In In- creased abundance Necessity of Strong Colonies As In the case of ot wintering outdoors It Is wasteful to attempt to winter weak colonies It is difficult to set standards of colony strength at this season but it Is unwise to attempt to winter colonies that are not strong enough to have brood sufficient to fil fill fiU three or four tour Langstroth frames two months l before the first killing frost If the colonies In the apiary are not of ot the proper strength It Is wise to unite until the proper strength is reached It is of the greatest importance that ery e every colony have a good queen In order order or or- der that brood rearing may continue In the fall and may then again proceed rapidly In the spring Usually It Is best to at least enst every two years but If good wintering Is practiced practiced practiced the colonies col will come out of ot winter winter winter win win- ter quarters so strong and will build buildup buildup u up so rapidly In n the s spring tina that the queens will soon wear out making malting a a It safer to reque every year To aget get gel the to h best results from u g. g n nil all young queens should be Introduced so that they begin to lay about two two months before the first 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