debi, in the name of the State Board of Agriculture, said penalty, 
when recovered, to be paid into the treasury of this State, for the use 
of the State. : 
2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same 
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately. 
Approved March 30th, 1915. 
WINTER FEEDING 
It is doubtful if any directions for winter feeding are advisable. 
Already too many bee owners gamble on the weather and bet a good 
colony of bees in the fall with meagre stores against an abun- 
dant and early supply of nectar. If beekeepers in general would act 
on the principle that it is practically impossible to have too much 
stores in the hives in the fall after the first killing frost it would make 
a tremendous increase in the crops of honey harvested. Many a 
good nectar-producing location yields the beekeeper a small crop be- 
cause the bees have been obliged to use stores sparingly, due to a limit- 
ed supply in sight. When the honey harvest arrives, instead of a 
booming colony of vigorous bees, too often there is but little more 
than a strong nucleus which increases on the honey flow instead 
of being a full-gathering colony for the honey flow. 
However, this page may come into the hands of a bee owner who 
through no fault of his may have colonies of bees with insufficient 
winter stores too late to feed syrup. There are two feeds which may 
be given such colonies, one of which is cut loaf sugar placed on top 
the frames and well covered with blankets, and the other is a candy 
made by boiling equal amounts of granulated sugar and water until it 
makes a brittle candy. This is made into cakes one-quarter inch thick 
and placed on top the frames under the hive cover. Great care must 
be used to avoid scorching this candy, because if scorched it will 
cause dysentery and death to the bees. 
OWNERSHIP OF ESCAPED SWARMS 
If a swarm escapes from the beekeeper, so long as he can keep 
it in sight he can claim it. If, however, it gets out of his sight any- 
one who finds the swarm can claim it. Should the swarm alight 
on a neighbor’s property, the owner cannot legally recover the swarm 
except by permission of the owner of the property. 
BEE TREES 
There is a common notion that the bees in a tree are the property 
of the finder, and he may cut the tree to get the bees and honey which 
may be in it. The truth is the bees belong to the owner of the land 
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