74 BEES FOR PLEASUKE AND PROFIT. 



when all the ingredients have been thoroughly well worked to- 

 gether, the whole may be moistened with a little water ; it is 

 then boiled up for a minute, and when cool is ready for use. 

 This candy is known as Viallon candy. 



The winter is the time for the apiarist to make the hives 

 and appliances he will need in the following season. This is 

 also the time for him to read and study the subject, and to 

 form his plans for the future. The following are the best books 

 for the beginner to read : — 



" Modern Bee-keeping." &d. Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. 

 " Bee-keeper's Guide Book," by T. W. Cowan. Is. 6^. Published 



by Houlston & Sons. 

 " A Modern Bee Farm," by S. Simmins. 5s. Published by S. Simmins, 



Broomham, Heathiield, Sussex. 

 A. I. Root's " ABO of Bee Culture." 5s. 6d. Published in America. 



Can be had from the BritisTi Bee Journal Office, 8, Henrietta 



Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C. 



After he has thoroughly mastered these works he may go to 

 the larger ones, like Langstroth's " Hive and Honey Bee," and 

 Cheshire's " Bees and Bee-keeping." 



Every bee-keeper should read the British Bee Journal, a 

 weekly periodical, devoted to the interests of apiculture, and 

 published at the small price of one penny only. It would be 

 impossible to speak too highly of this publication, which seems 

 to meet all the requirements of a model bee paper, and to be 

 the very acme of perfection. 



When snow is lying on the ground and the siin is shining 

 brightly it is often necessary to shade the entrances of the 

 hives with a bush of evergreen or some other suitable material, 

 lest the bright reflection of the sunlight from the snow tempt 

 the bees out, only to perish from the cold. 



