320 FEEDING BEES. 
610. As honey is scarce in the seasons when 
Fall feeding has to be resorted to, we will give 
directions for making good syrup for Winter 
food: Dissolve twenty pounds of granulated 
sugar (use none but the best) in one gallon of 
boiling water, with the addition of five or six 
pounds of honey. Stir till well melted, and feed 
while lukewarm. 
611. Sugar candy, for feeding bees, was first 
recommended by Mr. Weigel of Silesia. If the 
candy is laid on the frames just above the clus- 
tered bees, it will be accessible to them in 
the coldest weather. It may also be put be- 
tween the combs, in an upright position, among 
the bees, or poured into combs before it is 
cold. 
To make candy for bee-feed: add water to sugar, and 
boil slowly until the water is evaporated. Stir constantly 
so that it will not burn. 
To know when it is done, dip your finger first into cold 
water and then into the syrup. If what adheres is brittle 
to the teeth, it is boiled enough. Pour it into shallow 
pans, a little greased, and, when cold, break it into pieces 
of asuitable size. 
612. Before attempting to make candy for bee feed, the 
novice will do well to read the following advice from the witty 
pen of friend A. I. Root: 
“Tf your candy is burned, no amount of boiling will make it 
hard, and your best way is to use it for cooking, or feeding the bees 
in Summer. Burnt sugar is death to them, if fed in cold weather. 
You can tell when it is burned by the smell, color and taste. If 
you do not boil it enough, it will be soft and sticky in warm wea- 
ther, and will be liable to drip, when stored away. Perhaps you 
bad better try a pound or two, at first, while you “get your hand 
in”. Our first experiment was with 50 lbs. and it all got ‘scorched’ 
somehow . . + . Before you commence, make up your 
