154 BEE CULTURE, 
the entrance in the evening, about half a pound per colony, 
slightly warming it ; or, if no other bees in the neighborhood, 
it can be given in shallow pans, and placed in the noon-day 
sun, at some distance from the bees. 
For feed during the inclement weather of May, when the 
hives are full of young bees and brood, and no honey coming 
in, one pound of coffee A sugar or one pound of honey, and 
one pint of boiling water, simmer five minutes. 
For feeding in fall for winter stores, three pounds of coffee 
A sugar and one pint of boiling water, simmer five minutes. 
Feed this inside the hive with a division board feeder, or in 
a tin can with a coarse cloth tied over it, and inverted on 
the frames. For fall feeding, estimate the amount required, 
and give it as fast as the bees can store it in the combs. 
For winter feeding, use four parts coffee A sugar and one 
part water; simmer till it becomes quite hard on being 
cooled, mould into frames of one inch thickness, and lay it 
on top the frames, using sticks underneath one-half inch 
square ; or mould it in brood frames, tie hemp twine around 
to hold it in place, and put in center of the brood chamber. 
GUARD AGAINST OVER-STOCKING. 
The illustrious Rev. L. L. Langstroth adopted the maxim, 
“ Keep all colonies strong,” as his watchword. We supplement 
this by advising to provide a continual honey flow, when your 
colonies will always be strong. As fast as you increase your 
apiary, plant or scatter an additional pound of self-propa- 
gating seeds for each new colony, which will provide good 
honey-secreting bloom. With an expenditure of say thirty 
cents per colony, as fast as increased, in well-selected seeds, 
judiciously sown, you need borrow no trouble about feeding, 
though you increase to five hundred colonies. 
PROVIDE CONTINUAL HONEY BLOOM BY PLANTING. 
