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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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I do all tny feeding outdoors. If, however, you 

 mean outside and nway from the hive, 1 answer 

 that I have tried it and found it unprofitable. 

 There seems to be a loss somewhere. 



Geo. Grimm. 



I am opposed to outdoor feeding-, because I can 

 not benefit the colony or colonies that need it most, 

 even if my neig-hbors' bees were modestly staying- 

 at home. Besides, it creates undue excitement. 



Chas. F. Muth. 



We have never practiced outdoor feeding-. We 

 don't think it profitable in feeding outdoors. Those 

 that did try it and those that did not would all have 

 an equal chance. We feed only those that are short 

 of stores. E. Pranck. 



Yes. 1 have fed much outdoors. I abandoned it 

 because others besides my own bees could get it, 

 and some strong- colonies seemed to be getting the 

 lion's share, while weak ones, that most needed it, 

 were getting little or none. C. C. MiIjLER. 



We have e.xperimented with outdoor broadcast 

 feeding. Under most circumstances it is danger- 

 ous, and does not feed colonies in proportion to 

 their needs; and there are other objections too 

 numerous to mention here. James Heddon. 



I have not practiced it much. It creates a good 

 deal of excitement in the apiary. Some swarms 

 get too much, others too little. Your neighbors' 

 bees carry off more than you can afford to lose, and 



it stimulates robbing and fighting. 



P. H. Elavood. 



I suppose that feeding outside the hive is meant. 



T don't like it. My generosity is not big enough to 



impel me to feed all my neighbors' bees, and all the 



bees that dwell near me in forest homes. Were 



mine all the bees in the region, it would do when 



the weather is warm. A. J. Cook. 



Yes, but only in the spring, at which time I prefer 

 it to all other methods for stimulative purposes. 

 I do not think it a practicable way of feeding for 

 winter, as some colonies will get more than they 

 need, and others not enough. This is something of 

 an objection in the spring, but it does not amount 

 to so much. I like outdoor feeding in the spring, 

 because it is far less trouble, and I think it does 

 more good. James A.. Green. 



It seems, from the above, that the general 

 testimony is not in favor of outdoor feeding, 

 especially where neighbors' bees, or bees in 

 forests, are near by. It is just about what I 

 expected. But on the other hand I have 

 never seen brood-rearing go on so nicely as 

 it did when we fed grape sugar largely in 

 the open air. We fed just enough to keep 

 up brood-rearing, without having any of 

 any account stored in the combs ; and dur- 

 ing a very dry summer it answered the pur- 

 pose beautifully for getting pounds of bees 

 for our bee and queen trade. 



Question No. ST.— On account of sickness tmd oth- 

 er reasons, T have nedlevtedto feed my bees. There is 

 not n pound of stores in their hive. It is now too cold 

 to feed in this locnlitu (Northern Minnesota); what 

 shall 1 do to save //n/ hrr".' 



Put them in the cdlflr and feed them. 



Mrs. L. Harrison. 

 I have had no experience in winter feeding. 



O. O. POPPLETON. 



Winter in a good cellar, and feed candy over the 

 top of the frames. James A. Green. 



T think you would better give them c^andy, as di- 

 rected in Root's ABC. C. C. Miller. 



Pour honey or syrup into the combs, as directed 

 in Quinby's " Bee-keeping." P. H. Elwood. 



If I were in your fix I would put the bees into a 

 warm and dark cellar, and feed them there. 



B. France. 



Take them to a warm cellar, and feed them there 

 with inverted tin cans. See 84. Or else give them 

 candy in the cellar. Dadant & Son. 



This is a little too far north for me, but no doubt 

 that some days warm enough could be had during 

 which the bees could store the food. 



Paul L. Viaixon. 



Feed, by all means, during the first mild spells 

 you have, or take your bees into a warm room or 

 cellar, and feed them as per answer to question S4. 



Chas. F. Muth. 



Give sealed stores from other colonies; or they 

 may be wintered on candy placed over the cluster, 

 and covered closely to prevent the escape of heat. 

 H. K. Boardman. 



Take them to a warm room or cellar, and place 

 cakes of Good candy over the frame or frames 

 of the same in the hive. I have even given frames 

 filled artificially with sugar syrup to bees in win- 

 ter, and succeeded well. A. J. Cook. 



I do not feel competent to give the best advice as 

 to what I should do after it is too late to practice 

 my preferable methods. The thing to do is to feed 

 in time. I believe 1 should destroy the bees and 

 take care of the hives and combs in such a ease. 



James Heddon. 



If there are no combs full of honey to be had, 

 take your bees into a warm cellar or dark room, 

 and feed in the comb or by feeder. Remove for a 

 fiy every warm day. Or, better still, buy comb 

 honey and place over the frames close to the bees. 



Geo. Grimm. 



Make the Good candy, as given in a late number 

 of Gi-EANiNGS, and lay it over the cluster, on top of 

 the frames. Give enough to last 'I or 3 months at a 

 time, otherwise you will be likely to kill many bees 

 in putting on, as they will be on top of the frames 

 at the second feeding. G. M. Doolittle. 



I don't know of any way to save starving bees, 

 except by feeding; and if it is too cold to feed, I 

 should think that would end the matter. It might 

 not be too cold in a warm cellar to feed ; and in 

 such case, good sealed stores set in by the side of 

 the cluster would save them. Dr. A. B. Mason. 



Choose as warm a day as you can. Wake the 

 bees up thoroughly by the use of smoke. Take out 

 half their combs, selecting the lightest ones. Fill 

 these combs with warm honey by pouring it upon 

 them in fine streams. Let the combs hang till done 

 dripping, and then return them to the hive. Also 

 put a good supply of lumps of candy under the en- 

 amel, upon the tops of the frames. E. E. Hasty. 



By feeding a thick syrup in a warm room in the 

 hive, as 1 have suggested in feeding, and by plac- 

 ing candy over and between the combs, they may 

 be saved, or at least a portion of them could be so 

 fed; and if they seemed likely to have dysentery 

 from such feeding without flight, take the stored 



