The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-01-15
For the Cadiz Sentinel.
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ny r.. wILKIN, APIARIAN,
Bees when left TO their cwn instinct.
cluster in tie tops Of the hive, and rost
generally start about eight combs in hive
twelve inches wide, being built perpeudcu~
lar and parallel to each other, the edges oI
the combs being fastened to the sides Of the
hive, but no combs fastened to another.
| Combs built in surplus honey boxes vii
be more irregular in shape, and are gencr>
ally thicker than in the main chamber; and
when the cells are very deep they are curv>
ed upward the better to oretain the honey.
I The combs 10 the side and top OF the hive,
are filed with honey, and when capped over
are about one-fourth Of an inch apart. The
middle and lower ends Of the combs are oe-
cupied by brood, and when filled are one
inch thick, when emptlcd Of young tees
they are still less, leaving a space oi about
five eghts sof an inch. This is the winter
! quarters for the lees.
Bees can only keep up theneceSSary tenn
polature Of blood heat in mid winter, by
| towering in a compact cluster. II all the
combs in the hive were sheets Of cold hon
ey, only ono-fourth o! an inch apart, they
would afford the bees rather cool lodgings,
and they would csl ltajuly perish But as
! the Young bees are about through Matching
| by the first Of November, the bees will crawl
nv 'h5 eLLP'! t'i'S III 'ie n'uu'e oI the
hive and Ill the space between the combs;
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'u' n''lt sufIace 10 t"G cNoi arr anu empty
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may nave 700 i''uch money 70 winter we'll
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II kept uiY' ehuuFe tHe 1EofS Oh me most
severe "in'e;N III 'ne o"iteo HtateS' IN
warm aa!S t'lcE WIN carry some money III
iioll t!'e SUES a'q Top ol 'he hive' ana ue'
poSlte 1t ~ 'lle coi'S III 'Le ce'tcf OF inc
ciusVti "ne!e i'IeE may nave access Gu IL
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Lia' We OetE' Ha''hg ctOSuineu al inc
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'iiehi' lhe eS oii 'iio ouIsIue % tne
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III 'i,1n s%'n !''P,'"H3 ,t'lo .; Deus
dr1, ;nS;d. Eao Eea,ar. Iayo ,,on, ,o AK
hives IN warm day. Immediately succeed
Ing cold spell and found water running
down the inside Of lie hive, and standipg |
III puddes on the bottom board, aud have !
wondered where 50 much water came from
as their hives were well covered. Bees are
constantly pirspiriug. aud the Precipitation |
rises and settles on The sides and top of the |
hive and on the combs. Tuln box hive
b,uom up after nights hard freezing and !
tie combs and inside Of the hive viii tie
found covered wiki frost Ii the freezing !
should continue several weeks, the amount
Of ice WouM ,e considerable. In The win.
Ter OF Il ty five and six. hard lrec2ing con
tinucd Two or three months, uajt IN many |
cases. where there was no urward veptils- |
Il
amouEd Of tlcm Il pint 10 "a quart. One !
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