FEEDING. 89 
RECEIPT FOR FEED. 
To eight pounds of cotfee-crushed sugar, add two 
quarts of soft water. and whites of two eggs, bring to a 
boiling point over a slow fire, being very careful not to 
burn it. Skim off carefully all scum or sediment that 
rises, So that the feed, when cool, will be perfectly clear 
and about the consistency of new honey. 
The first warm days in early spring, as soon as the 
bees can fly a few hours in the middle of the day, mix 
corn meal with rye meal, equal parts, and set out in pans 
or other shoal dishes, near the hives. The bees will 
carry this to their hives in considerable quantities. Itis 
used as a substitute for pollen or bee bread, and is very 
essential in forwarding the increase of bees in early 
spring. The meal should be fed very early in spring, 
for as soon as the bees can collect pollen from the nat- 
ural sources—trees, shrubs, flowers, etc., they will not 
take this meal. If rye meal cannot be obtained, use 
unbolted wheat flour. 
FEEDING FOR EARLY SWARMS. 
If you wish early swarms, keep the bees confined in 
their labors to the brood section of the hive, or in other 
words, do not give them access to the boxes, and com- 
mence as early in the spring as the bees begin to fly in 
the middle of the day, and feed each stock at evening 
about one-half pound of the liquid feed. Continue this 
till your swarms issue, then discontinue feeding. I 
would, however, recommend putting on boxes in all cases 
