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through the winter. One year I took no snrpkis, and fed 

 2,80U pounds of granulated sugar for winter stores. 

 Some years the clover crop will be a failure, but plenty 

 of stores will be gathered later in the season to carry the 

 bees over winter. It is not always easy to tell in advance 

 just what will be, but it is best to err on the safe side ; and 

 it is no harm to have more stores on hand than are 

 actually needed. It is also better to have the feeding 



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done early. If the feed is given so early that it can be 

 given thin enough, the bees make chemical changes in 

 it that make it better for winter. 



FEEDING SYRUP. 



Formerly I did not take this into account, and syrup 

 was prepared that approached the consistency of honey. 

 Water was put in a vessel on the stove, and when at or 

 near the boiling-point granulated sugar was slowly 

 stirred in at the rate of five pounds of sugar to a quart 



