Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-12-19
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WINTERING BEES.

To winter bees suocsssfully in our cold north
: ern climate, is question Of great moment will
the Apieulturis'. There seems to be almost Al
I many ways recommended as there are bee
keepers. Having had several years experience
in this business in Northern Vermont, l have ar
rived at this conclusion that Bees should have FOL
their welfare in winter, dark. COOL dry, sil
place, where the temperature is even as possible
and about fVe degrees above the freezing point,
or IS degrees Farenheit. In this temperature,
the bees will remain very still and quiet. and
will require but little honey to what they var' d
if kept IL q warmer place.
In the FIRST OF ny experience, vas advised to
put my bees into light dark room in the house.
I Jid SO, and the consequence was, lost many Of
my bees before spring; daring the warm days ia
the winter, the bees would become very lively
and crawl cut o. the hives upon tie floor, and il
there vas a ray # light, they were sure TO h1d IT,,
AMI would there perish; Il shu. into the hives,
they would create such heat in trying to &c, out
that they would melt their c5ab and become
crowned in their own sweets. This found was
owing principally to the outside temperature
being SO chaugcat!e and tic wan: q proper ven
J tilltion.
Winte1ing bees out Of doors, as irac-ic,i by .
Ia-se proportion Of amateur toskserers, IS all
ways ATTENDED with bad rssui,- as laarly enc half
the stocks arc frequently JOSE. ana those that a--
| noe. are so reduced In number, that they viii 20.
swarm the coming season, thC-a uo. being bees
/ enough TO rcr.it d.. f., consequently axe worth
/ U1; little D.. the.r owners. when bees stand 1ut
/ Of docrs, every w.rm day during the winter they
are Inclined to fly from lle hive, and Thousands O..
them get chilled and q. e lest, and wie-e there ls
rcek Of tees in the hive in the fan. by spring
there may be bat q handful left. Ia le Middle
or Southern States, bees can be allowed Be- stand
cut Of doors during tie winter with safety. IA
ny more rcceut observations and experiments, es-
pccially in tie Northern States, 7 have found 20
place to winter bees in, equal to a DARK. ary
e-Ia-.
# tie hives are rightly 4rr4u ;ed, lai the se'1r
ventilated By opening either door OF window 10
the night time. occasiclaIy there win be O.. loss
% bees only wh.t die Of old age and the comb
viii look nearly as white as in the fall previous.
Bees when kept in a cellar of this kind, win no.
make a discharge 70 soil tie comb during tie
whole winter, and viii consume lgt very i-F
Touals Of lgley-zay shout q 11-l 20 thou-
sand bees FIR ordinary .aarns il would ic8uire
from ten to twenty pounds Of honey. At ,-is low
temperature, tie lees VIII remain rery ll.s. ana
s.i, aaI j. the cellar is ken; perfectly lars. t-sy
will fen1ia so during lie whole winter, a-- VIII
hardly know when spring apl-1ae-e5t which wi'.
ua- be t-e case VIXEN kei, in q r1 @ above s..1-a
or out Of doors. Bees frequently receive ao-e
injury ia leils ---l-el in DIE Live "a '-e ap-
pr.a-a % -Ir.1.,i t.la t-ey T.l d allowed -oa5
cat,
Tl r4.t ltU.a...,. H-..,f l..--s .-. ends
nerhat upon the s,9e-i'y Of tic wea.le-- .
usualIy the las. os November OF tho Isl. %. De-
csuber; IF Oh. weather Is Mt 60. c-ll. h . u1y
=-f.ly remain out until rear J-naa--. They .
generally, -ufs- --s-e in tie l.tt.r rr-- tt.- IN /
-. -. .5..... c.f--
III, ....-., t.,-ir.--. .bev /
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-..-.,.t.-.. -;-, .-.. I
-, .t.tfv.
1-'' --' gag ,t.-.-.-
IL '-'s ''--- ,,t----,-7--...-, ...-.,i.
sac up -' ''' -''- 49, ~. /
wa t 80. 10. ,,.,,f /
,..o--+. -
,, l;v, +. carried a.. doors. and placed right
side up, the es will readily clear it au.. r /
a.5uli..-csnL Hr,s arc use9 the cap, boxes, &C. ,
should he removed aui the hive allowed TO reulin /
ri-bt.siie up. with the entrance closed.
m, I'm. 10 r,usse Bee. f,s4 n. C,l-r depends /
IN = Great measure un1n the forwariuess Of the I
z--i7- md care sboula be taken that ,h. weather I
w., e,or,b hat the Bees can ssfslv Gv from
- r7;-. OIL -.,,-r ,-,i, s1r,vs sFservinr 70
.--..t,., -,-,or enc Hive ONT fine rsro /
= al .i,,,s Mace hem as near ss rr,-ticable
.-.-l 80. .f.., ,,-,,,,i,l Gle, ,..,- T
- ....,...i 400 e-.,;.., am, -,tr.-,
.ns- -. bss. b,v. all mad, their exesr.fa- Is /
-,--,,,l, .- 80 So. +,v ami die
- ,la,.s.l,,. .bo.s.n5s Of bee. nigh,
-, ..,..--. d or, i,, into the -.Ifar
- - g. ,-,eps s-J nj tho same
,;... .r-rlv each hive with a5b.ti,ute for Bee
heal vti.b i P,, MI Tor common dour will
-, M, - 80 I,,lI,, = -f.e r-st tbiD-
~. loo. ,;1i isi, the fields fo- in early spring
- '.,..,,in- ,r,,, with tri. useful article tie
- -. ,-;i p, s,g.4
have resorted to, and ne. unfT'quently with
fearful loss TIE objec. aimed at.saems to be the
low. even temperature the. our cellar afflr Is. IN
,;,.t, l,-s. - soil 81 the bees are properly
- - -. ,t.v hive lived
Duiie', mere --' il'.''-'' -,
through It, save ireqNsally near ii i---'''