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corn into this and stir, and form 

 into balls wliile warm. For a spec- 

 ial treat add some chopped nuts. 

 3 — Pulled Candy: 



Instead of using all sugar or all 

 molasses, for pulled candy, try half 

 honey and half sugar and see if the 

 improvement in flavor is not worth 

 while. 



3 — Honey Nougat: 



Honey Nougat needs a little care 

 in determining the exact point 

 at which to stop the boiling, but it 

 is certainly worth the trouble. 



Three cups sugar; two thirds cup 

 honey; two thirds cup hot water; 



boil till it makes a firm ball in 

 water, or just before it threads. 

 Add two thirds cup chopped nuts, 

 and beat the whole into the white 

 of one egg beaten stiff; beat un- 

 til somewhat cool, then pour on 

 greased pan. Out when cold but not 

 yet too firm. 



Fine flavored honey is better 

 for all candy than common darker 

 or stronger honey. Try both and 

 see for yourself. Who says all 

 flavor is driven off by boiling or 

 cooking? I shall be glad to hear 

 reports from any who try these 



E. G. B. 



Field Notes From Michigan 



By FRANK ERIC MELLEN B. Sc.A. East Lansing, Michigan 



The season has arrived when 

 bee-keepers should clean up all 

 foul brood that may be in their 

 apiary. 



In large territories, where there 

 are but few inspectors it is im- 

 possible for them to visit each bee- 

 keeper with foul brood in his apiary, 

 in time for the apiarist to treat 

 the diseased colonies at the most 

 opportune season. Therefore it be- 

 hooves every bee-keeper to act as 

 his own inspector and if the of- 

 ficial inspector does not come round 

 just after the clover flow, or any 

 other good honey flow, commences, 

 then the bee-keeper himself should 

 go through with the treatment, 

 rather than waste valuable time. 



In these days, when there are so 

 many bulletins on bee-keeping and 

 bee diseases, every apiarist should 

 be able to identify the various dis- 

 eases. After a little reading and a 

 visit to the suspected colony, the 

 symptoms of the foul brood and sac- 

 brood diseases should be so thor- 

 oughly fixed in the mind of the 

 bee-keeper that there will not be 

 tny fear of not noticing the disease 

 when it appears. 



If by any chance you have not got 

 i\ bulletin on bee diseases and their 

 treatment, write directly to the 

 Department of Agriculture, Wash., 

 D. C. for their list of bulletins 

 You may also be able to obtain 



tliese bulletins from your State Ag- 

 ricultural college, free of charge 

 Get all the bulletins you can and 

 share the other fellow's ideas. 



It would take too long in these 

 rotes to give the symptoms and 

 treatment for the various bee dis- 

 eases, but every bee-keeper should 

 have these descriptions at hand, so 

 that he can refer to them at any 

 time and assure himself that his 

 bees are not affected with disease, 

 or if they are, then he is in a po- 

 sition to treat before the disease 

 becomes serious. 



When treating colonies, one must 

 double up to make the colonies as 

 strong, if surplus honey is expected, 

 but if the bee-keeper would rather 

 keep up the number of colonies 

 there is not the same need for 

 doubling up. 



If a bee-keeper has only one or 

 two colonies with foul-brood it may 

 pay better to suffocate the bees 

 and burn up frames and combs, aft- 

 erwards scorch the inside walks of 

 the hive. Where foul brood is pre- 

 valent in t)he district, it is a dif- 

 ferent nuestions and careful treat- 

 should then be resorted to. 



It is hard to place too much 

 emphasis on the need of extreme 

 care and thoroughness in the treat- 

 ment of colonies for foul-brood. 

 Many bee-keepers, while treating 

 (Concluded on page 226) 



