FEBRUARY 15, 1914 



a wick in the can of water used in the mail- 

 ing"-eages, but we see no reason why it 

 slioukl not work. In the accompanying' 

 illustration the larger cage has Mr. Dunn's 

 water-can in the upper left-hand compart- 

 ment, the wick being indistinctly shown in 

 the side. We tried on quite a large scale a 

 similar can shown in the upper right-hand 

 compartment of tlie smaller cage. We used 



a very thin can or box containing hardly an 

 eighth of water. By this plan the bees can 

 reach the water through the jaerf oration as 

 long as there is any left, unless the cage 

 stands on edge when the water is nearly 

 gone. The use of the wick ought to give 

 better results, provided it can be adjusted 

 in such a manner as not to waste the water. 

 —Ed.] 



A NEW WAY TO MAKE CANDY FOR COLD-WEATHER FEEDING 



BY A. v. SHALL 



Under separate cover I am sending a 

 sample of winter candy made by a process 

 that I consider easier and safer (less danger 

 of burning) than the cooldng-down method. 



The process is simply to pour into a box 

 of dry sugar enough thick syrup, boiling 

 hot, to make a mixture about the consistency 

 of mortar. In a few hours this will cool 

 into a solid granular cake, and then it is 

 ready for the bees. 



By experimenting I find that this candy 

 can be made as dry as ten pounds of sugar 

 to one of water, and it can be made as moist 

 as seven pounds of sugar to one of water. 

 I consider the proportion of eight to one 

 about right. To each pound of water add 

 an ounce or more of honey. This gives the 

 candy a food flavor; and as the bees eat it 

 they smack their lips and say, " It's just 

 like mother used to make." And I don't 

 think the candy has the flinty hardness 

 when a little honey is used. 



A convenient way of forming the cakes 

 is as follows: Put a partition in a super 

 and fold a piece of heavy wrapping-paper 

 so that it will just fit in one of these spaces 

 like a paper box. Into this put your dry 

 sugar. If you want a cake that contains 

 nine pounds of sugar, put six pounds in 

 the box. You will get the other three 

 pounds of sugar when you add your thick 

 boiling-hot syrup. 



Pour in enough syrup so the sugar can be 

 worked like mortar. Let it set until cold, 

 when you can lift it out, paper and all. 

 Trim the paper down to within half an inch 

 of the surface of the candy. Place this, 

 candy side down, on top of the frames, 

 supported by little blocks. Now put on your 

 packing, and with a good water-tight hive- 

 cover your bees are ready for winter. 



There are a good many advantages about 

 feeding candy, particularly for out-apiaries. 

 Prom the trend of beekeeping to-day we 

 may expect som.e of tliesp to be brought 

 before the public in the next few years. 



ARTIFICIAL POLLEN. 



On page 864, December 1, Mr. B. W. 

 Bi'own asks for an artificial substitute for 

 pollen to be fed inside the liive. Duiing bad 

 weather in the spring I have fed graham 

 flour, honey, and a little powdered sugar, 

 mixed to the consistency of stijff dough. 

 This was packed in paper tubes, % inch in 

 diameter by ten long. The tubes were closed 

 at one end; and the bees, having access to 

 such a small surface of the dough, ate their 

 way through the tube slowly. 



These tubes were placed on top of the 

 brood-frames, two tubes in a hive. They 

 were not used until after natural pollen had 

 appeared, and then they were given to the 



One of W. I.. ('Iieiifx's swarms that clustered con- 

 veniently on u wire fence. 



