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ut42 DR. miller'sstove in it, and kept a low fire in it whenever necessary to keepthe temperature up to 45 degrees. It seerns a little strange ,,thatafter 17 years of success you should have a failure three years insuccession. Like enough the tide will now turn, and you willagain have good success. In my earlier years of beekeeping, ihad experience as bad as yours, but by sticking to it I've madequite a lot of money from the bees since.Q. If bees are put into a cellar under the kitchen, would thenoises incident to the kitchen-work—running a \\asher, bringingin wood, constant walking, etc.—be a detriment to the bees, providedthe hives were not jarred by any of these various operations?A. I cannot speak with entire positiveness;I have nevernoted any bad results from noises overhead (although I never hadanything very bad in that line), and never heard of it fromothers, so I don't believe you need take into account the matter ofnoise, but put your bees in the place that gives you the best temperatureand ventilation, providing there is any difference.Q. Suppose a cellar is full of bees. Is it good or bad for thehealth of those who live in the rooms above the bees?A. That depends on the beekeeper. If he's a poor beekeeperhe will likely have a cellar with foul air and dead bees, andhis cellar will be bad to live over. If the beekeeper is all right,the cellar will be kept clean, with pure air. The air in my cellaris as good as, or better than, the air in the living-rooms, for thecellar door is more or less open nearly all the time.Cellaring Bees.—Q. Will you give me some light on how tocarry bees into tlie cellar without the bees flying out and stinging?For years it has been a mystery to me how to carry bees in,and sometimes out, without closing the entrances. Is there adilTcrencc in bees, handling, location, or what? I am curious toknow.A. I will tell you just as nearly as I can just how my beeswere carried into the cellar last year. They were carried in, November25. in the morning. The cellar had been wide open thenight before. Although that does not make much difference atcarrying in as it does at carrying out, still it is better to have thecellar cuol, su the bees will settle down quietly when brought in.The average distance of the hi\cs from the cellar door was aboutten and one-half rods. Then they were carried a rod or so furtherto their place in the inner room. Two able-bodied men tookOne of them was e.x-about two hours to carry in the 93 colonies.