CHAPTER III, 



FEEDING. 



iEEDING bees, when judiciously managed, is 

 the stepping stone to large profits from them. 

 Bee keepers who have heretofore attempted to 

 feed bees have met with poor success. 



A bee keeper of my acquaintance paid fifty dol- 

 lars for a patent apparatus for feeding bees together 

 in the open air. The result was, soon after being 

 fed they commenced fighting among themselves. 

 The weaker stocks first fell prey to the stronger, 

 then the stronger in turn were attacked, and the 

 final result was, nearly every stock was ruined, and 

 the plan abandoned in disgust after the first season's 

 trial. 



Now it is plain to every intelligent person, that 

 in order to receive the greatest possible profit from 

 bees, they must be fed. There can be no question 

 as to the great benefit to be derived from feeding 

 bees. The only question is, how, when and what 

 to feed. It is as much a necessity to feed bees, as 

 to feed our domestic animals, cows, sheep, etc., or 

 to apply manure to plants, or any crop the farmer 

 cultivates, to stimulate growth and increase the 



