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stimulative feeding as syrup made from granulated sugar? Ihere 

 is plenty of honey in the hive, and I want the bees to build up so 

 that they will be booming when the honey-flow comes on. 



A. Yes, and very likely you may save yourself much trouble. 

 Every two or three days may do as well as every day. If the 

 queen is laying all the eggs the bees can cover, it is hardly worth 

 while to take even that trouble, for stimulating can hardly help, 

 unless it be that it gets up extra heat in the hive. 



Stingless Bees.— Q. Is it true that stingless bees have been 

 produced? 



A. There are stingless bees in South America, as has been 

 long known, but they are not of value commercially. 



Stings (See Beestings.) 



Strawberries. — Q. Do bees gather honey from strawberry 

 blossoms? 



A. I don't think bees get much honey from strawberries. 



Sugar. — Q. I want to know if all sugar sold for granulated 

 sugar is cane sugar or will answer for bee-feed. How can I tell 

 cane sugar from beet sugar? How can I procure cane sugar in 

 rural sections like the hill towns of New England? 



A. I think that only a small part of the granulated sugar is 

 made from cane sugar, and although I have tried very hard to 

 learn some way in which cane sugar could be told from beet 

 sugar, I am still in ignorance on that point. The British Bee 

 Journal stoutly insists that beet sugar should not be fed to bees, 

 but authorities on this side the water insist just as strongly that 

 there is no possible difference between beet and cane sugar when 

 it is made into granulated sugar. Certain it is that thousands of 

 pounds of granulated sugar made from beets have been fed with 

 good results. 



Sugar Candy. — Q. How do you make queen candy? 



A. Take a small amount of extracted honey warmed and work 

 into it enough powdered sugar to make a stiff dough. Let it stand 

 a day or longer, and if it becomes thin, work in more sugar. 



Q. Do you think soft sugar is as good to stimulate brood- 

 rearing as syrup? Is it as good for winter stores? Is soft brown 

 sugar all right for bees? 



A. I should think there would be little difference between 

 soft sugar and syrup. But neither of them is as good as honey 

 for brood-rearing. Brown sugar is good for bees at any time 

 when they are flying, if they will take it; but syrup of granulated 

 sugar is better for winter. 



