364 A Modern Bee-Farm 
warm. Common paper will do in place of the straining 
cloth if two or three holes are first made through to give 
the bees a start. 
Feeding with Candy 
is another matter requiring serious consideration, for 
certainly it is a process more frequently abused than 
properly used. This article has generally been brought 
into requisition where stocks from any cause have run 
short of food too late in the Autumn, or during Winter, 
when it is supposed other plans of feeding could not be 
adopted. But with due care, no stock need be left alone 
long enough to get into that state. It should be distinctly 
understood that 
No Feeding should take place in Winter,* 
and though candy is often recommended, it is far better to 
unite to a well-stored stock in the Autumn than to feed in 
any way during the months of repose. If a stock is 
found deficient in stores at the latter part of Winter, then 
give combs of sealed food with as little disturbance as 
possible ; placing such flat on top of the frames and 
covering up warm if the weather is very bad. It is better 
at any time in Winter to give a dose of hot thick syrup, 
if only two or three pounds than to rely on candy. The 
object is to get the bees along until February is well 
advanced, and to feed not at all until then if possible. 
No stock, however disheartened, will refuse to take a 
bottle of hot syrup, placed directly over the cluster on to 
the naked frames, and in two days or less they have the 
best of food around them with but little excitement, while 
candy is a cause of constant activity. 
* Some bee-keepers, knowing their stocks are short of stores in 
Autumn, deliberately rely upon candy as a Winter food, and 
frequently suffer heavy loss in consequence. 
