SEPTEMBER 1, 1914 



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wuuld say that, where one would measure 

 up to Sonierford in education and ability, 

 five would not. I guess there are more $1.50 

 than $5.00 men. The editor sjieaks of a 

 large producer who says he can get all the 

 men he wants at $1.50 per day. Well, let 

 some misfortune take from him his bees, 

 and let him enter another line where the 

 other man furnished the brains, where would 

 he he but in the $1.50 class? 



BEES OAKRYING SAWDUST FOR POLLEN. 



They have been nosing around on the 

 chips at the woodpile all spring, and to-day 

 I saw quite a number flying excitedly 

 around some heavy oak sticks four or five 

 inches across, and six to eight feet long. 

 You don't suppose they will feed them to 

 their brood, do youf May there not be some 

 acid or juice in wood that they need'? 



Georgetown, Del. 



BEES WINTERED ON CANDY ALONE 



BY O. S. REXEORD 



Last fall I promised to take away all 

 honey from a colony in order to winter, or 

 at least try to winter, with the Miller candy 

 only. Accordingly, November 12, I put bees 

 from one colony on frames entirely empty — 

 no pollen nor honey. Over the frames, so 

 that the bees could get it readily, I put 15 

 lbs. of the candy, packed them up, and left 

 them for the winter. 



About April 1 I examined the bees, found 

 them in good condition, brood started, and 

 what appeared to be liquid honey in the 

 cells near the brood. At this time I gave 

 them one frame containing pollen but no 

 honey. There was about 5 lbs. of the candy, 

 which seemed dry and hard. 



I did not go to. the hive again for about 

 ten days, and then I found the bees had 

 absconded — no dead bees, hive clean and 

 dry, and four or five pounds of the candy. 



When I decided to experiment with candy 

 feeding I asked a friend and expert bee- 

 keeper, Mr. S. E. Bunnell, President of the 



Connecticut Beekeepers' Association, to try 

 also the candy feeding, and I send his report 

 with this. 



KKl'OKT OF S. E. BUNNELL ON FEEDING MILLER 

 CANDY FOR WINTERING BEES. 



November 18 I took all honey from colony No. 10; 

 gave them 26 pounds of candy. November 18 I gave 

 colony No. 11, which was short of stores, 13 lbs. of 

 candy. March 8 I examined my bees ; found both 

 colonies in good condition. No. 10 seemed in extra 

 good shape. 



April 10, a warm day, I took out frames of No. 

 10; found them strong in bees, very few having died; 

 three frames of brood, liquid honey above the brood; 

 about 5 lbs. of very hard candy. 



At this time I gave them honey in two or three 

 frames, about 8 lbs. in all ; also one empty comb filled 

 with rye flour. 



Colony No. 11 was also in good condition. 



From this time on, both colonies remained as good 

 in every way as the average in my yard. But this is 

 not saying much so far as section honey is conr 

 cerned. 



My average at this time is only about 20 lbs. per 

 colony. 



April 12, 1914. S. E. BUNNELL. 



Winsted, Ct. 



THE HARD CANDY MELTED AND RAN DO^ 



BY F. J. LEE 



To make hard candy for winter stores, I 

 think the beekeeper must be a professional 

 candy-maker as well as beekeeper in order 

 to make a success of it. I saw the recipe 

 in Gleanings, and as I had seven colonies 

 that I knew were light in stores I got my 

 wife to help me. We put on a kettle of 

 sugar and water, and some strained honey. 

 We boiled it until it would get hard in cold 

 water. Then when we poured it out it was a 

 nice amber color. We filled up the kettle 

 again as before, and boiled and boiled. As 

 I thought the first batch was not hard 

 enough we emptied it back into the kettle 

 and boiled it some more. It had the nice 

 amber color; so that much, I knew, was 



right; but the second batch I thought was 

 not hard enough, so we put it back in the 

 kettle and cooked it until bedtime Saturday 

 night, when it was put out in the summer 

 kitchen to cool and harden. 



Monday morning I broke it up and put 

 it on top of the frames of seven hives. I 

 slept well every night for a week, thinking 

 my bees were enjoying their nice amber- 

 colored candy. A neighbor who has a few 

 hives in my cellar came in, and I told him 

 about the nice amber-colored candy I had 

 made for my bees, and invited him down to 

 se'^ the gTooves they would have cut in it by 

 that time. I lit the gas, took off' a cover, 

 and. lo and behold ! the candy was gone, 



