330 THE BEE KEEPER'S MANtUL. 



to dangerous, and often fatal attacks of dysentery. I have 

 sometimes, in the old-fashioned box hives, pushed sticks of 

 candy between the ranges of comb, and have found it even 

 then to answer a good purpose. In any hive which has 

 surplus honey boxes, the candy may be put into a small 

 box, which after being covered thoroughly with cotton or 

 wool, may have another box put over it, the outside of 

 which may be also covered. Unless great precautions are 

 used, the boxes will be so cold, that the bees will not 

 be able to enter them in Winter, and may thus perish in 

 close proximity to abundant stores. 



In my hives, the candy may be laid on the top of the 

 frames, in the shallow chamber between the frames and the 

 honey-board ; it will heVe, if the honey-board is covered with 

 straw, be always accessible to the bees, even in the coldest 

 weather. I sometimes put it directly into a frame, and con- 

 fine it with a piece of twine, or fine wire. 



I have made a very convenient use of sugar candy, as 

 a bee-feed in the Summer, when I wished to give small col- 

 onies a little food, and yet not to be at the trouble to use a 

 feeder, or incur the risk of their being robbed by putting it 

 where strange bees might be attracted by the scent. A 

 small stick of candy, slid in on the bottom-board, under the 

 frames, answers admirably for such a purpose. If a little 

 liquid food must be used in warm weather, I advise that it be 

 the best white sugar, dissolved in water ; this makes an 

 admirable food ; costs but little more than brown sugar, and 

 ' has no smell to tempt robbers to try to gain an entrance«into 

 the hive. 



If the Apiarian is skillful, and attends to his bees, at the 

 proper time, they will rarely need much feeding ; if he 

 manages them in such a manner that this is frequently and 

 extensively needed, I can assure him, if he has not already 



