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sugar; let it come to a boil, to be sure that all has desolved, and feed it 

 in suitable feeders in the cap. Give it to them warm. Any kind of a 

 good feeder, with floats to prevent drowning, will answer. 



A good way is to fill quart fruit jars with the syrup, lie over the mouth 

 a piece of cheese cloth, or other strong thin material, and invert directly 

 on the top bars of the broodnest; packing the quilts around well, to 

 keep in the heat. Sometimes two or three jars will be drained in a 

 single night. If there is sufficient brood in the hive, feed rapidly, so 

 as not to induce too rapid breeding. But if there is little or no brood 

 present, the feeding should be more slowly, to induce breeding, for a 

 plenty of young bees is one of the important elements in successful 

 wintering. In sections where there is little or no fall honey to stimulate 

 the queen, we wouid advise extracting the honey, from at least a few of 

 the central frames, and stimulate so as to go into winter quarters 

 with a fine supply of young bees, as well as a plentiful supply 

 of good stores. There is no better winter food than syrup made from 

 nice A sugar. At this season out door feeding must not be practiced, 

 because the stronger colonies, which least need it, will get the most, and 

 often so fill up the brood nest, that there is not a good nest of empty 

 combs in which to begin the winter. 



. This feeding, when practiced, should be completed before cold 

 weather sets in, in earnest. October is the time to complete it. If the 

 hives are to be wintered indoors, the cellar or winter house should be 

 dark, dry, of equable temperature, not lower than forty, nor greater 

 than sixty degrees. A number of colonies in the same room, will help 

 to keep up the warmth of the cellar. A small ventilation shaft, opening 

 without, with a damper to regulate the draft, will give ventilation in 

 the room. If in a cellar, under a dwelling, a small pipe from the cellar* 

 connected with the pipe of a stove in use, will keep the air dry and 



