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candy feeding, will destroy the original members of the 
colony by excessive excitement, long before a new popula-. 
tion can be reared to take their place. 
This is quite a different thing to feeding slowly with thin 
warm syrup from the end of February if mild, as the bees. 
often suffer much from the want of water early in the year,. 
especially if they have thick or candied stores ; yes, and if 
they have thin soured stores. 
Until Warm Weather 
and a mass of new pollen are in evidence, allow stocks to. 
rest; then, where you have good queens, they will soon 
bring the stocks up to a prosperous and profitable condition. 
This must not be considered as a statement that stocks are 
not to be examined. On the contrary, if a warm spell 
occurs from mid-February onwards, it is absolutely necessary" 
that the stores be re-arranged, or full combs of stores given. 
where any are deficient. 
Nevertheless, the bee-keeper should be careful not to. 
divide the cluster too early with solid combs of stores. 
All fair weather in early Spring is not necessary for: 
securing the best results. Certainly frost and snow after 
the opening of spring-like weather are not to be preferred,. 
but a constant period of fine and mild days will the sooner 
wear out the older bees; while the dull days are a cause of 
rest and recuperation, if other conditions internally are 
correct for continued progress. 
One often hears of bee-keepers regreting that a sudden. 
cold snap has checked brood development and caused a 
lot of chilled brood to be thrown out of the hives, and yet,. 
after once developing a brood nest, a stock properly 
adjusted and fed will take no notice of sudden frost or 
snow, and will continue its progressive state in spite of 
the elements. 
