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MONEY IX BEES IN AUSTRALASIA 



is regulated 1)y a wire on the outside of the hive, but the 

 principle of the inverted bottle is not nnlike that of a 



Boardman feeder. Any 

 of these will give good 

 results. 



Now, there is another 

 class of feeding that the 

 bee-keeper is occasionally 

 called upon to perforin. 

 It is feeding up stocks 

 that will have sufficient 

 stores for winter use. In 

 this case it is usually per- 

 formed in the autumn, but 

 while on the subject of 

 feeding it is not out of 

 place to describe it here. 

 Feeding up stocks for winter is usually left too late 

 in the year: cold weather comes on and the upset 

 of feeding is not good for the bees. Do all feeding 

 while the weather is still warm. There is sure to 

 be a certain number of young bees reared under this 

 stimulus, and there is nothing like young bees to carry a 

 hive through a rigorous winter. Should it happen that 



Fig. 61. "Tliale" Vacuum Feeder. 



Fig. 62. "Alexauder" Feeder. 



the apiarist has sealed combs of honey on hand, these 

 form the best stores, and feeding is simplified. 



HOW TO MAKE CANDY. 



Bees left until late in the year to be fed had better be 

 treated to a cake of candy, made by mixing sugar and 



