220 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. Novembe 



questions it. I may fittingly say here The September loth issue of "Glea] 



that the value of a food for winter ings'' gives us full directions. Jui 



depends upon the quantity and see! The whole number fairl 



availability of the life preserving bri^stles with advice on sugar syrn 



elements in a given amount of bulk, feeding. There is, besides, seven 



Cane sugar propei-ly fed at a proper minor paragraphs; such as directior 



time has been proved to be a good for making the syrup, feeders, etc 



food, good so far as the bees are over one page of the editorial devote 



concerned. But there is no unanimitj' to feeding. In fact, the editor saj 



of opinion as to when it should be li<? lias succeeded in producing almo* 



fed or what proportions of sugar and all the conditions of an artificii 



watei' .should be used, (see Gleanings, honey flow. 



Sept. 15th, page 955, and Oct. 1st, page >>'ow, Mr. Hill. I should say he ha 



lOOG), hence it is quite as of ten used l^atl complete success in producing 



in a harmful as a helpful way. Early natural syrup flow. What on eart 



honey is generally acknowledged to be '^i'«? o"i" I'ee journals for? and whf 



an ideal winter food. It contains a business has the honey producer t 



high per cent of the sugars and has "monkey" with isugar syrup? TL 



been made ready by the bees for im- editor of Gleanings says you can e: 



mediate assimilation. Stored sugar tract during a dearth of" honey by feec 



syrups are often not in .such condition '»?:; i" this case he advises man 



and hence cannot be used by the bees tainted honeys. Well, now. I hav 



without the expenditure of vitality at .ni^t finished taking off vsupers an 



a time when they ill can spare it. extracting. There is absolutely n 



Furthermore, if any of the stored lioney to be found in the fields": bv 



syrup is on hand when the surplus '"'e have had no trouble whateve) 



honey flow begins there is a possibility A board Avith a Porter bee escape i 



of its being mixed therein. Under Placed on the hives late in the aftei 



proper conditions— which I recently noon; supers taken off the next mon 



explainedi in these columns— fail i"S, escape-board.s removed in th 



gathered honey is quite as good as afternoon and the exti'acting done ■ 



that gathered in the summer^ which ^^^y oi' two after. Tlie honey hous( 



fact I have demonstrated to my own of course,Js beeproof ; but there wer 



satisfaction during my twenty and "ot a dozen bees hovering around th 



odd years of bee-keeping. From all building. How many honey iiroducer 



of which I think I am justified in bave honey on hand at extractin: 



calling honey the better food. time to feed? Not veiy many. Th 



Kegarding the propriety of di.scus- "*^^t thing would be a recourse t 



smg the evil side of sugar-feeding, the sugar barrel. Say, Mr. Hill, 



I maintain that it is not only proper wonder if the Root Co. has bough 



but necessary, made so by the per- ^ ^"gar plantatiou? I expect to hea 



sistent publicity given by most of ^^'om the Deacon's spirit— bless hii 



the l)ee papers to the other side of memory— on this sugar question. 



the subject. If there is any fault to thiidv the less advice our bee journal! 



be found it is against the "promulga- "i'^'e on sugar feeding the better th< 



tors of the vicious docti'ine. honey producers' interest will b( 



Arthur C. Miller.' '••served. As long as cane sugar is usee 



in the apiaiy we must expect the 



AGREES WITH MR. MILLER l'"blie to mistrust us. We had to feed 

 ' ' one out of 58 colonies this fall. II 



•Sugar Feeding Should be Abandoned 7'";. ^ ^""^"^ SWarm: but instead Oi 



. ■ feeding sugar syrup or opening the 



Rv nr, \\r -D r- bive to place honey in the broo^lnest, 



Kduor Iee-Keep2 C^^^^^^^^' we placed an extracting super with 



well sealed combs on the hive and 



\Y7 11-^ "^'1"- now gotten the thing there it will stay till spring. 

 YY down "pat." There is no If it is necessary for queen breeders ? 



earthly reason why we should to feed sugar syrup, let them do so, " 



not have bumper crops of sugar but let them absolutely abstain from 



•syrup, nicely stored in well sealed offering honey for sale. The bee , 



comb.s(?) journals can cry for pure food laws. 



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