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the lion's share, but you can make that all right by taking filled 

 frames from the strong and giving to the weak. 



Feeding in Winter.— Q. What shall I feed this winter? Can 

 syrup be fed, or should I feed sugar candy? 



A. I would rather feed syrup in winter than to let bees starve, 

 but it is probably about twice as safe to feed candy as to feed 

 syrup. 



Q. I have a colony of fine Italian bees which have not stores 

 enough to last them a month. I had to take it away last summer 

 and have not as yet got it home. How can I feed it at this late 

 day? It is in a chaff hive with extra super filled with cushions. 



A. The best way is to give combs of sealed honey. Carefully 

 take out the empty frames and put the combs of sealed honey 

 close up to the bees, for if there is a space between the bees and 

 the honey, and it should be quite cold for a time, the bees might 

 starve without ever touching the honey. What's that you say? 

 "Haven't any combs of sealed honey?" Well, that's about what 

 I expected. But make up your mind that you'll always have them 

 hereafter. 



Well, if you haven't combs of sealed honey, maybe you have 

 some honey in sections. You can fit some sections in a wide 

 frame, or even a common brood-frame, by cutting away enough 

 of the sections to make them fit in the frame. Rather an expen- 

 sive way to feed; still, I've fed a good many sections in my time. 



If you haven't the sections, either, you can do quite well with 

 candy. Take best granulated sugar and stir it into a very little 

 hot water in a dish on the stove; but whatever you do, don't let 

 it burn, for burnt syrup is death to bees in winter. Better not 

 set it down in the stove-hole so the fire can touch the dish, but 

 set the dish on top of the stove. Keep trying it, and when you 

 find a little stirred in a saucer will grain, take it off quickly and 

 pour into dishes making cakes three-quarters of an inch to one 

 and a quarter inches thick. Put over the frames a cake of this 

 candy that will pretty well cover the frames; or, if cakes are 

 small, you can use more than one. Cover this with some kind of 

 cloth covering, and shut up snug. Toward spring you may need 

 to repeat the dose, but if you make the cakes thick enough and 

 large enough no more will be needed for a good while. Your 

 extra super on top will give you a chance to put on the candy 

 and pack it up warm. 



Fences. — Q. Do you use slats or fences between sections? 



