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CHAPTER XIII. 
FOOD FOR BEES. 
As to food, if honey cannot be given, the best 
substitute is syrup,, made either from brown 
sugar or pounded loaf sugar. Mix this with a 
sufficient quantity of water, and boil it for ten 
minutes. Make quite sure that the liquid is 
turned into syrup, by pouring a few drops into a 
cold plate. 
This syrup is very good for the nourishment 
of bees, and even of the brood. We have at 
times fed bees with sugar on which cold water 
has been poured, so as to make it of the con- 
sistency of syrup ; but if the bees store this in 
their cells, it becomes rapidly crystallized, owing 
to the evaporation of the water ; and hence the 
disadvantage of this kind of food. 
As to the mixture of half a glass of wine (or 
