5 
SPRING MANAGEMENT OF BEES 
clays of spring, and it is better to keep them at home 
by means of boxes of rye or pea flour put out in 
protected places where they can get artificial pollen 
without trouble. To induce them to accept this, some 
place a few pieces of comb containing honey on the 
top of the flour, and in this way they get accustomed 
to its use. Pollen, enters largely into the food of 
young bees in the larval state, so it constitutes a 
good stimulus to breeding. The bees who feed the 
queen must also have feed of this kind, for the clyme 
they pass to the queen is certainly very nutritious, and 
something of a highly nutritive value must be con- 
sumed by the bees to supply it. In Europe, pea or 
lentil flour is recommended, and we know this is far 
ahead of rye flour in nitrogen. The flour or meal 
should always be placed out of doors under some sort 
of cover to protect it from wind and rain. 
As to the sugar syrup, nearly all bee-keepers know 
how to make it. For this purpose, equal quantities of 
sugar and water make a fine feed for bees. It may be 
made with cold water ; but for spring work it is 
better made hot and fed lukewarm. The bees like the 
odor of the warm syrup, and are more inclined to eat 
it. 
HIVE WITH ALEXANDER FEEDER. 
The feed should be furnished in a manner least 
likely to disturb the bees. The Alexander feeder 
