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of one pound of pea flour stirred into it as soon as it is 

 taken from off the fire, is very useful in the early spring 

 for stimulative feeding. This preparation usually goes 

 by the name of " flour candy." 



Candy is given to the bees by simply laying the cakes 

 flat on the top of the frames, immediately over the 

 cluster ; covering all up warm and snug with the quilts. 



