If, for any reason, sufficient stores are not left with the bees in 

 the fall and it becomes necessary to feed during the winter, the bee- 

 keeper should feed either a fondant or honey and sugar candy. 



Fondant 

 12 lbs. granulated sugar IV4, Qts. water 



1 % lbs. liquid glucose % teaspoonful cream of 



tartar 



Ip making the above, use only good sugar. The water, should be 

 heated and the sugar added only as fast as it will dissolve, so that it 

 will not scorch. The glucose may be added before or after the sugar. 

 When the sirup begins to boil, add the cream of tartar. As soon as 

 it is boiling briskly, remove and stir until thick enough to pour into 

 molds. To make the molds, take a standard Hoffman frame (wired) 

 an4 nail a thin board on one side. This board may be removed when 

 the candy is cold and you then have a frame of candy which may be 

 slipped down next to the cluster on a warm afternoon. The above 

 recipe will fill two frames. 



Honey and sugar candy: Make a stiff dough with a first quality 

 extracted honey and powdered sugar (the kind which contains no 

 starch). Heat the honey to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, add sugar until 

 the mixture becomes too stiff to stir, then place on board, sprinkled 

 with sugar, and knead in enough more sugar to make it of the right 

 consistency — which should be neither too stiff nor too soft and moist. 



Another important consideration is proper protection from cold 

 and dampness. There is a variance of opinion among beekeepers 

 regarding this point of protection by packing, but the writer believes 

 packing of some sort pays. Bees that do not have the additional pro- 

 tection of packing expend more energy and consume more stores in 

 order to keep Warm than do packed bees. It is the personal opinion 

 of the writer, that the amount, of stores consumed and the loss of 

 vitality of the bees, which means weaker colonies in the spring and 

 thus colonies which are not so strong as possible at the time of the 

 honey flow, would about pay for the time and materials required for 

 packing. 



Suggestions for methods of packing best suited to your lo- 

 cality will be furnished upon application to the Extension Service, 

 State College of Washington, Pullman. 



