•g'-* A Modern Bee-Farm 



yet at an interval of seven or ten days, as needed, will keep 

 the bees and queen busy, and by May ist, the whole ten 

 or more combs should be one mass of brood, and the hive 

 so crowded with bees that another set of combs will be 

 required below the stock hive. If one has no combs on 

 hand, then use sheets of foundation, alternating them 

 with the combs of brood throughout both storeys, and see 

 that the older brood goes below, with the pollen combs 

 near the oiitside. In any case feed carefully, until honey 

 comes in freely, as such a large population is liable to be 

 rendered perfectly useless by the loss of the brood, by 

 the slightest neglect at this time. 



Avoid all Candy 



if possible, until April or May, when the hives becoming 

 crowded with young bees, it will be quite safe, and will 

 act as a powerful stimulant both towards comb-building 

 and the rapid extension of the brood nest. 



If syrup must be used, give a pint or two rapidly at 

 first, then feed slowly from a half to one pint daily, accor- 

 ding to the strength of the stock. 



Never! Oh Nererl! 



start feeding with combs just filled with dripping syrup. 



This, and too early candy feeding, will destroy the original 



members of the colony by excessive excitement, long 



before a new population can be reared to take their 



place. 



Until Warm Weather 



and a mass of new pollen are in evidence, allow stocks to 

 rest ; then, where you have good queens, they will soon 

 bring the stocks up to a prosperous and profitable condition. 

 All fair weather in early spring is not necessary for 

 securing the best results. Certainly frost and snow after 

 the opening of spring-like weather'are not to be preferred, 



