i8o A Modem Bee-Farm 



combs with syrup, to be placed in the centre of the brood 

 nest for stimulation, or near the outside for storing, no plan 

 can be so effective and simple as that employed by Mr. W. 

 Raitt, of Scotland. He used a common syringe, placing the 

 comb in a drip pan^ while driving the syrup into the cells. 

 The filled combs are carried to the hives requiring them, 

 while sometimes a chamber is filled up with them and placed 

 bodily under the stock chamber which has to be stored. 



A simple method of giving " dry sugar " is that of first 

 placing a layer of strainer cloth upon the frames ; the sugar 

 above that, aind pressed into a compact mass, with the usual 

 quilting next that, nicely tucked up to keep all warm. Com- 

 mon paper will do in place of the straining cloth if two or three 

 holes are first made through to give the bees a start. 



Feeding with Candy 



is another matter requiring serious consideration, for certainly 

 it is a process more frequently abused than properly used. 

 This article has generally been brought into requisition where 

 stocks from any cause have run short of food too late in the 

 Autumn, or during Winter, when it is supposed other plans 

 of feeding could not be adopted. But with due care, no stock 

 need be left alone long enough to get into that state. 

 It should be distinctly understood that 



No Feeding should take place in 'Winter, 



and though candy is often recommended, it is far better to 

 unite to a well-stored stock in the autumn than to feed in any 

 way during the months of repose. If a stock is found deficient 

 in stores at the latter part of winter, then give combs of sealed 

 food with as little disturbance- as possible ; placing such flat 

 on top of the frames and covering up warm if the weather is 

 very bad. It is better at any time in Winter to "give a dose 

 of hot thick syrup, if only two or three pounds, than to rely 



