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the lion’s share, but you can make that all right by taking filled 
frames from the strong and giving to the weak. 
Feeding in Winter. — Q. What shall I feed this winter? Can 
syrup be fed, or should I feed sugar candy? 
A. I would rather feed syrup in winter than to let bees starve, 
but it is probably about twice as safe to feed candy as to feed 
syrup. 
’ Q. I have a colony of fine Italian bees which have not stores 
enough to last them a month. I had to take it away last summer 
and have not as yet got it home. How can I feed it at this late 
day? It is in a chaff hive with extra super filled with cushions. 
A. The best way is to give combs of sealed honey. Carefully 
take out the empty frames and put the combs of sealed honey 
close up to the bees, for if there is a space between the bees and 
the honey, and it should be quite cold for a time, the bees might 
starve without ever touching the honey. What’s that you say? 
“Haven’t any combs of sealed honey?” Well, that’s about what 
I expected. But make up your mind that you’ll always have them 
hereafter. 
Well, if you haven’t combs of sealed honey, maybe you have 
some honey in sections. You can fit some sections in a wide 
frame, or even a common brood-frame, by cutting away enough 
of the sections to make them fit in the frame. Rather an expen- 
sive way to feed; still, I’ve fed a good many sections in my time. 
If you haven’t the sections, either, you can do quite well with 
candy. Take best granulated sugar and stir it into a very little 
hot water in a dish on the stove; but whatever you do, don’t let 
it burn, for burnt syrup is death to bees in winter. Better not 
set it down in the stove-hole so the fire can touch the dish, but 
set the dish on top of the stove. Keep trying it, and when you 
find a little stirred in a saucer will grain, take it off quickly and 
pour into dishes making cakes three-quarters of an inch to one 
and a quarter inches thick. Put over the frames a cake of this 
candy that will pretty well cover the frames; or, if cakes are 
small, you can use more than one. Cover this with some kind of 
cloth covering, and shut up snug. Toward spring you may need 
to repeat the dose, but if you make the cakes thick enough and 
large enough no more will be needed for a good while. Your 
extra super on top will give vou a chance to put on the candy 
and pack it up warm. 
Fence*. — Q. Do you use slats or fences between sections? 
