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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15 



Fig. 3, — Hives protected by supers of shavings on which are laclted strips of buildint;-i)aiicr wide enough to 

 extend down nearly to the bottom-boards. 



l)y boiling two parts sugai' with one part of 

 honey until the sarue was brittle, and, when 

 poured into bread-pans, these cakes hard- 

 ened like so many blocks of ice. These 

 blocks, weighing about 10 lbs. each, were 

 placed one over the frames of each of the ten 

 colonies, the cake of honey candy being 

 placed on two strips of wood to elevate it 

 about I inch above the top of the frames — 

 see Fig. 1. 



Fit;-. 1.— Mixing' lioney and pulverized suyar^to make C4ood candy. 



Then supers were taken, Fig. 2, and pieces 

 of burlap nailed over them so that, when 

 these supers were placed over the cake of 

 candy, the burlap had been left so loose and 

 "baggy" that it covered the candy and at the 

 same time permitted the super to rest flat 

 upon the hive-body. 



The super was then filled with planer shav- 

 ings, the lid put on, and, to protect from 

 wind and cold, I nailed a wide strip of 

 " rubberoid " paper on the top of 

 the super so that it lapped the 

 hive-body as seen in Fig. 3. 



As a matter of fact, the same 

 method of packing was employed 

 with all the hives, and was a per- 

 fect protection in every sense of 

 the word. 



A few more colonies were given 

 cakes of hard brittle candy made 

 by boiling plain granulated sugar 

 and water, antl poured into bak- 

 ing-pans to cool and harden. 



HOW TO MAKE AND FEED GOOD 

 CANDY. 



I was not willing to risk too 

 many colonies in experimenting, 

 so the larger number of colonies 

 were given great balls of "Good" 

 candy, made by mixing extracted 

 honey with pulverized sugar, and 

 a cake about the size of a man's 

 head was placed right on top of 

 the frames, and the super pack- 

 ing, as above described, placed 

 over each. 



1 can assure the readers of 

 Gleanings that it was no easy 

 job to roll up my sleeves and 



