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Advanced Bee Culture 



The idea seems to prevail that all winter stores must be sealed. 

 This is an error, and probably arose from the fact that late-gathered 

 stores are often of poor quality — not because they may be left unsealed, 

 but from the quality itself. A good thick syrup made from granulated 

 sugar is an ideal winter food whether it is sealed over or not; in fact, 

 bees in a warm cellar may be successfully wintered on sugar syrup 

 supplied to them daily by means of a feeder. .\ large fiat cake of candy 

 laid over the cluster, and covered with enameled cloth, with packing 

 of some kind over that, is a handier method of winter feeding; but, 

 aside from that, it is not superior to the use of syrup when the bees 

 are in a warm cellar, but it would be out of doors. 



In closing let me caution the bee-keeper to beware whence comes 

 the honey that he feeds. Let him be sure that it contains no germs of 

 foul brood. To buy honey in the open market and feed it to the bees 

 would be a most risky proceeding. For stimulative feeding, and for 

 winter stores, better buy sugar. It is cheaper, safer, and better — espe- 

 cially so for winter stores. 



Photographed by H. I. Hill. 



