FEEDING 



less honey present, and only a little additional 

 syrup will be necessary. 



Feeding is only necessary where we have 

 used the extractor too freely or where the 

 colony has not gathered enough, and there are 

 many seasons when the bees do so well that 

 feeding will not be required. Be careful in 

 feeding not to splash any feed about, or robbers 

 may defeat the very end you have in view in 

 feeding; so, for this reason, it is best to defer 

 feeding until late in the day, and to contract 

 the entrances of the hives being fed. I 

 would not advocate the open outdoor method 

 as tried by some, which consists in pouring 

 a large quantity of feed in an open trough, 

 as it is open to the objections that robbing is 

 likely to be encouraged ; hives that do not need 

 feeding will get a goodly share of it; you may 

 be feeding bees from hives not your own; and, 

 to say the least, it is an expensive and uncer- 

 tain method. 



Better give to each colony individual treat- 

 ment, and then you will have the satisfac- 



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