88 BEE-KEEPING FOR PROFIT 
the brood-chambers should be removed before 
feeding is commenced. If one is placed under 
the brood-chamber to give additional air-space 
the frames must be removed therefrom. 
Winter Feeding.—If in winter the bees 
should be short of food, a cake of candy 
may be put in the hive, placing it on pieces 
of wood resting on the frames. The candy 
may be made in various ways. If some is 
required at short notice it may be obtained 
by mixing some castor sugar with a little thin 
honey into a stiff paste. If time will allow of 
the honey being heated so much the better, 
for the candy will then keep in good con- 
dition for some time. 
A candy used by many bee-keepers for 
winter feeding is made by boiling 5 lb. of 
cane sugar in a quart of water for about 15 
or 20 minutes. After the sugar has dissolved 
and the scum has been removed, the mixture 
should be allowed to boil briskly without 
stirring. 
In order to ascertain when it has boiled 
sufficiently, a little should be taken in a spoon 
and dropped into a cup of cold water. Should 
it form into a soft ball on the bottom of the 
cup it is ready for ‘‘dishing up”’; if it mixes 
with the water, the boiling must be continued. 
