1240 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



UTTLIZTNO PIECES OF OOMB. 



IX. Fastening Empty Comb in Frames. 



On pn.goll02i£ a cut of a wired coinb foundation; any com b even 

 ^ ^ in pioces may be utilized hy a little cut- 



ling and fitting, and temporarily fastened 

 with wire or thin narrow strips tied top 

 and bottom as shown v.\ the annexed cut, 

 until the bees secure it, which they will do 

 ::' a day or two. 



X. Feeding Bees. 



If a swarm, from lack of forage, 

 becomes insnfticiently supplied with honey to carry them through the 

 winter, or if it be found that they lack food in the early spring, they must 

 be fed. The best thing is strained honey, of course ; the only other 

 admissible thing is granulated sugar made into a syrup of the consist- 

 ency of honey. If the object be to stimulate bees to commence rearing 

 brood early, a half pound to a pound of sugar a day, early in the spring 

 and continued until bloom is plenty will be sufficnent. If they are starv- 

 ing, enough must be given to fully supply their wants and some to spare. 

 If the bees require feeding in the fall, it should be given in such quanti- 

 ties that they may begin the winter with fully thirty pounds of capped 

 honey per swarm. It is best not to guess at the weight ; mark the weigh"' 

 of every empty hive plainly on it before the bees are put in, and then 

 you may know pretty nearly how much honey the swarm has by the siire 

 test of weighing. 



We give two cuts, one of the feeding hox invented by Mr, Shuck, the 



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other Professor Cook's couibined division 



board and feeding box. Any suitable ves- 



vel that will hold honey, with a float on 



top, pierced with holes, that the bees can 



feed through, will answer well enough, and 



this may be placed in the upper chamber of the hive, secure from other 



bees. 



COOK'S DIVISION BOAKl> AND 

 KEEDEIJ. 



