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 



ROOT the bees, or poured into combs before it is 



FEEDER. p^i^ 



To make candy for bee-feed: add water to sugar, and 

 boil slowly until the water is evaporated. Stir constantly 

 so that it wiU 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 a suitable size. 



613. 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 : 



"If 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 

 had better try a pound or two, at first, while you "get your hand 

 in". Ourfirst experiment was with 50 lbs. and it all got 'scorched' 

 somehow Before you commence, make up your 



