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had greatly increased my bees and I felt good over the situation. 

 All told, I put $700 in the bank to be expended on the business the 

 next season. During the following winter 1 bought and set up a 

 good many supplies to have in readiness for the next season, and as 

 opportunities offered I studied bee culture as hard as a lawyer ever 

 studied his law books. 



Candy for Winter Stores — Buckets for Chunk 



Comb Honey. 



By C. A. NEAL, Jonesboro, Ind. 



^•jji^DITOR REVIEW:— In the Review, April number, page 133, 

 irV you tell how to make the Fuller soft candy for bees. The 

 one point I do not understand is where you say "and you can 

 stir it a very little while cooling." Do you mean after it has been 

 removed from the stove, or before? (Stir while cooking just enough 

 to keep the temperature of the candy even all over the surface, but 

 not too much, which might have a tendency to cause granulation. — 

 Ed.) I bought of the Tailor Instrument Co., Rochester, N. Y., one 

 of their candy thermometers, scale 20 to 300°, all glass, 1"3 in. long. 

 It cost me $3.25. Have a blue flame oil stove, so am ready. Have 

 wood boxes made of ^4, iii- stuff, one foot square and 2 in. deep, inside 

 measure. Half-inch holes are bored 1 in. apart all over the bottom of 

 the box. Two }i in. cleats are tacked on bottom of box, near two 

 oppc^site edges. From eight to twelve pounds of Fuller candy is put 

 into each box. A box of feed is set on top of the frames of each of my 

 frame hives. Papers are laid over box and hive to keep out the pack- 

 ing. The winter case is filled full of clover chaff. I prefer blue 

 grass, as it is nice and clean to handle. The bees wall be clustered at 

 the top of the frames on their sealed honey. A long cold spell comes 

 on, they eat up all their honey and cannot break cluster, and as they 

 are sure to be in touch with one of the candy holes, they are saved, 

 otherwise, they die. Do not give box of candy until November 1st. 

 If warm fall, then on December 1st. 



In Gleanings, Oct. loth, page 716, Mr. J. E. Hand tells how to 

 spread the combs in winter to conform with nature's ways, so am re- 

 moving one of the ten combs from each of my hives, taking out one 

 of the two outside combs so as not disturb their winter nest. These 

 removed combs of honey will be fumigated with bi-sul. carbon and 

 returned in the spring, for brood rearing. My winter cases allow 4in. 

 of packing on all four sides, and 10 in. above. I also use shade boards 

 to shut out the wind and snow. Say now, really, don't you think I 

 should winter those bees? Made 75 per cent on investment from 

 my bees during season of 1913. Will have 63 supered colonies in 

 frame hives for season of 1914. Also a lot of old box hives run for 



