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Winter Feeding of Bees. 



[JAN. 



for Scotland, or the Department of Agriculture and Technical 

 Instruction for Ireland, as true to type and reasonably free 

 from rogues, he must furnish the buyer in the invoice or other 

 written document with the serial number of the certified stock 

 in question. It is, of course, an offence to sell as of an approved 

 immune variety seed potatoes not of an approved immune 

 variety, or to sell as certified stocks, stocks which have not 

 been so certified. Immune varieties not so certified cannot 

 be sent into an Infected Area unless a licence has been 

 obtained from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, but it 

 should be noted that the Board do not propose to issue such 

 Hcences until they are satisfied that the supply of certified 

 stocks has been exhausted. (The Wart Disease of Potatoes 

 Order, 191 9, issued by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.)* 



In the case of Varieties not immune from Wart Disease stored 

 in shops and warehouses within, for the supply of Customers 

 outside, an Infected A rea, dealers must obtain a licence from the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and strictly adhere to the 

 conditions of such licence. (The Wart Disease of Potatoes 

 Order, 191 9, issued by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.*) 



In the case of a Sale of Potatoes for planting in land not within 

 an Infected Area, dealers must sell only those varieties which 

 have been grown in clean districts. It should be noted that 

 certified stocks of immune varieties bearing the letter " I 

 before the serial number have been grown within an infected 

 area. (The Wart Disease of Potatoes Order, 191 9, issued by 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.)* 



Any seed potato dealer experiencing difficulty with regard to 

 any of the above Regulations should communicate with the 

 Secretary, Horticultural Division, Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries, 72, Victoria Street, London, S.W. i. 



Bee-keepers will find that it is cheaper to make their own candy than 

 to buy it, and the following hints may be useful to those who for any reason 



prefer the home-made variety. It is well to 

 Winter Feeding of Bees, remember that during winter bees should be 



fed on soft candy placed over the clustering 

 bees under the quilts ; syrup is used for spring, summer and autumn 

 feeding. 



Soft candy can be made as follows : — Have a clean pan, for preference 

 a brass preserving one, into which put 3 lb. of best white lump cane sugar 

 (brown sugar should on no account be used) and half a pint of water, 

 together with as much cream of tartar as can be heaped upon a sixpenny- 

 piece. Stand beside the fire, stirring occasionally until the sugar is 

 dissolved, and then place on the fire and stir continually until the mass 



* S^e this Journal, November, 1919, p. 841, 



