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stimulative feeding as syrup made from granulated sugar? There 
is plenty of honey in the hive, and I want the bees to build up so 
that they will be booming when the honey-flow comes on. 
A. Yes, and very likely you may save yourself much trouble. 
Every two or three days may do as well as every day. If the 
queen is laying all the eggs the bees can cover, it is hardly worth 
while to take even that trouble, for stimulating can hardly help, 
unless it be that it gets up extra heat in the hive. 
Stingless Bees. — Q. Is it true that stinglcss bees have been 
produced ? 
A. There are stingless bees in South America, as has been 
long known, but they are not of value commercially. 
Stings (See Beestings.) 
Strawberries. — Q. Do bees gather honey from strawberry 
blossoms ? 
A. I don’t think bees get much honey from strawberries. 
Sugar. — Q. I want to know if all sugar sold for granulated 
sugar is cane sugar or will answer for bee-feed. How can I tell 
cane sugar from beet sugar? How can I procure cane sugar in 
rural sections like the hill towns of New England? 
A. I think that only a small part of the granulated sugar is 
made from cane sugar, and although I have tried very hard to 
learn some way in which cane sugar could be told from beet 
sugar, I am still in ignorance on that point. The British Bee 
Journal stoutly insists that beet sugar should not be fed to bees, 
but authorities on this side the water insist just as strongly that 
there is no possible difference between beet and cane sugar when 
it is made into granulated sugar. Certain it is that thousands of 
pounds of granulated sugar made from beets have been fed with 
good results. 
Sugar Candy. — Q. How do you make queen candy? 
A. Take a small amount of extracted honey warmed and work 
into it enough powdered sugar to make a stiff dough. Let it stand 
a day or longer, and if it becomes thin, work in more sugar. 
Q. Do you think soft sugar is as good to stimulate brood- 
rearing as syrup? Is it as good for winter stores? Is soft brown 
sugar all right for bees? 
A. I should think there would be little difference between 
soft sugar and syrup. But neither of them is as good as honey 
for brood-rearing. Brown sugar is good for bees at any time 
when they are flying, if they will take it; but syrup of granulated 
sugar is better for winter, 
