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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Chapter XII is devoted to " Ffeeding 

 Bees." We find little to criticise in this 

 chapter. There is one point touched upon, 

 however, upon which we have, for some 

 time, felt like saying something. The recipe 

 for making the Scholz candy is given as it 

 originally appeared in Mr. Langstroth's 

 book. After it, appears the following : 

 " This preparation has been used of late 

 years with success as a food in mailing and 

 shipping bees, under the name of 'Good's 

 candy.' " Of late, quite a little has appear- 

 ed in the papers as to whom belongs the 

 credit of discovering this kind of candy. 

 For the purpose of feeding bees in the hive 

 it was discovered many years ago by Mr. 

 Scholz, but for provisioning queen cages it 

 was discovered but a few years ago by Mr. 

 I. R. Good, and the latter discovery out- 

 weighs the former a hundred fold. 



Chapter XIII is devoted to "Wintering," 

 and in it we find much to commend. Atten- 

 tion is called to the muscular exertions 

 ("roaring") on the part of the bees, in cold 

 weather, for the purpose of keeping up the 

 proper temperature. This is undesirable as 

 it leads to a waste of tissue, which calls for 

 more food, and the more food consumed the 

 sooner do the intestines become filled with 

 ff©3al matter. Diarrhosa in bees is not prop- 

 erly a disease, so say the authors, and we 

 agree, it is simply an overloading of the in- 

 testines with excrement, which, could the 

 bees fly, would be regularly voided. " From 

 numerous experiments made, it is evident 

 that the jturctit saccharine matter ivill feed 

 them witli least product ion of fa'ces. Hence 

 watery, unripe, or sour honey, and all honey 

 containing extraneous matter, are more or 

 less injurious to confined bees. Dark honey 

 containing a large amount of mellose is in- 

 ferior to clover honey or sugar syrup." 

 Upon the next page, following the above 

 extract, we find our authors mentioning and 

 condemning the plan of extracting the lioney 

 in the fall from the brood combs, or so 

 managing that there is none to extract and 

 then feeding sugar. Their objections are 

 the trouble in feeding, and the poor results 

 (?) in wintering. When the proper feeders 

 and utensils are used, the trouble of feeding 

 is very sliglit indeed, and wc are at a loss to 

 understand why Messrs. Dadant should say 

 that the bees winter i)oorly, especially so 

 when they had just classed sugar with clover 

 honey as a winter food, and had asserted 

 that " th<' purest saccharine matter will feed 



them ivifh the least production of fceces," — 

 Out-door wintering is to be preferred where 

 the weather is seldom so severe as to prevent 

 the bees from flying at frecpient intervals. 

 Large and populous colonies are more likely 

 to be wintered successfully in tlie open air, 

 in cold climates, than are weak colonies, as 

 the requisite heat is more readily kept up. 

 For wintering bees in the open air, in our 

 Northern climate, protection of some kind is 

 needed ; but our authors object to chaff 

 hives because they are so heavy and incon- 

 venient to handle, and their thick walls 

 prevent the sun from warming up their in- 

 mates in the winter, when a cleansing flight 

 would be beneficial. Surrounding single- 

 wall hives with packirg held in place by 

 outer boxes that may be removed in the 

 spring is commended, in which we agree. — 

 When the bees cannot fly at least once a 

 month, the cellar is recommended, and we 

 hold up both hands for this recommenda- 

 tion. — As bees begin to fly at rtO", the tem- 

 perature ought not to reach this point.— The 

 importance of placing each colony upon its 

 old stand, when brought from the cellar, is 

 urged upon the keepers. We have given 

 this point considerable attention, and, with 

 us, it is of no imjiortance. When taking the 

 bees out one spring we carried them to a 

 new location about ten rods distant, and not 

 a bee went back to the old ground. 

 To be continued. 



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