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water flavoured with honey. How to do it is described 

 by a correspondent in The Canadian Bee Journal — the 

 leading bee-paper published in the Dominion. This is 

 how the author states his instructions. Into an 

 enamelled saucepan put TV2 lbs. of the best white sugar, 

 add 3 pints of rain water, and stir only until all dissolved. 

 Boil the syrup vigorously on the stove for one hour and 

 twenty minutes, or until it forms into a tough ball when 

 tested with a spoon; 2% lbs. of honey should now be 

 added and the whole again boiled for three minutes. 

 Eemove from the fire and when nearly cold stir until it 

 becomes stiff and mealy. To mould into cakes, place the 

 pot of candy in a vessel of boiling water, and stir until it 

 assumes a thin creamy consistency; line a box or dish 

 with brown wrapping paper and pour in the hot mass. 

 (The paper is easily removed when the candy sets hard). 

 It is, however, more convenient to feed when moulded 

 into wired Hoffman frames. Simply get the board that 

 is used for putting in foundation and cover it with paper ; 

 lay the frame on this and pour in the hot candy. As 

 winter stores this cannot be beaten. It is also a splendid 

 queen-cage candy, and is unaffected by climatic 

 changes, keeping its mealy condition for years. 

 The recipe originated from the monastic apiarist 

 in charge of the apiary at Buckfast Abbey, England. 

 The author has experimented with many varieties of 

 candy and the recipe given above produces the most 

 satisfactory article. It is really a splendid candy for all 

 purposes on a bee-farm. 



British bee-keepers have always urged the use of the 

 "cane" product in preference to "beet" sugar. They 

 argue it is difficult to purify beet sugar so as to get rid of 

 all the potash salts. These salts, they say, cause fer- 

 mentation and on that account should be avoided. The 

 author has fed beet sugar to bees, but no evil effects 

 resulted as far as could be seen. The candy method out- 

 lined above would do away with the danger of spilling 

 syrup about the apiary and so starting robbing. 



