lORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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nectar, or else the meal-boxes would be untouched and all 

 the bees would work upon the insufficient supply of 

 pollen. In consequence of this law it is necessary to fur- 

 nish a sufficient number of boxes, for althoug^h the bees 

 will work quite thick if only 5 boxes are left for 150 

 colonies, they will work scarcely thicker if only one box is 

 left. 



Fig. 32.— Combs of Honey. 



OUT-DOOR FEEDING. 



I have fed barrels of sugar syrup in the open air, and 

 it is possible that circumstances may arise to induce me 

 to do it again, but I doubt. 



There are serious objections to this out-door feeding. 

 You are not sure what portion of it your own bees will 

 get, if other bees are in flying distance. Considerable ex- 

 perience has proved to me that by this method of feeding, 

 the strong colonies get the lion's share, and the weak 



