| Page. | | The essentials to success | 3 | | Necessity for strong colonies in the fall | 4 | | Arrangement of the apiary | 4 | | Insulation of the hive | 6 | | Arrangement within the hive | 11 | | Winter schedule | 14 | | Winter stores | 18 | | All the factors of good wintering are needed | 19 | | Measures of success in wintering | 20 | NO PROBLEM confronting the beekeeper in most parts of the United States is of more importance than the proper wintering of bees, yet it is one which is sadly neglected. It is urged that before attempting to make packing cases for the wintering of bees the beekeeper study Department Bulletin 93, Temperature of the Honeybee Cluster in Winter, and Farmers' Bulletin 695, Outdoor Wintering of Bees.
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