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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, and pressed into a compact mass, with 

 the usual quilting next that, nicely tucked up to keep all 

 warm. Common 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 cer- 

 tainly 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 on candy. The 



