MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES. 143 
winter, but in spring, as soon as the Bees be- 
gin to make their appearance, put on your 
feeder, and furnish it with some honey ora 
little Bee syrup, as feeding is necessary. 
Lifting up a hive at Christmas, and scatter- 
ing a few ounces of brown sugar on the 
stand, and then setting down the hive again, 
deserves not the name of feeding, though it 
is all the bounty that is bestowed on some 
stocks, and is even more than others are 
treated with. It need not then be wondered 
at that so many stocks of Bees perish in the 
winter and in the spring of every year. By 
judicious feeding, at proper seasons, almost 
any stock of Bees may be preserved; by in- 
judicious feeding, at an improper season, 
even good stocks—stecks that would survive 
if not fed at all nor molested during the 
depth of winter—may be seriously injured or 
totally destroyed. 
The sumand substance of my directions, 
as respects Bee feeding, are these :— 
1. In spring feed sparingly. 
2. In autumn feed plentifully. 
