C SYLVESTER BA VIS' BEE PEED. % 
% NO. 1, FOR BEST BOX IIONEV. 2 
u Take 25 lbs. best West India honey, 25 lbs. white H 
^ crushed sugar, 40 lbs. water; put it in a brass or tin f) 
U. kettle and keep it over a slow fire until the scum rises; 7) 
^ skim clean, take it from the fire, then add 1 gill of salt 
U and A oz. essence of anise, stir it well together; when £ 
cold add V 2 pint mucilage of slippery elm, \ gill of por- C' 
ter (or ale) and stir until well compounded. w 
NO. a, FOR FEEDING IN THE SPRING & LATE SWARMS. ft 
Take 40 lbs. W. I. honey, 10 lbs. brown sugar, 40 £ 
i lbs. water, 1 gill of salt, ^ oz. essence of anise, 1 $ pint 
mucilage of slippery elm, 1 gill of porter (or ale,) pre¬ 
pare the same as No. 1. 
You may flavor your box honey to suit your fancy, 
with any of the essential oils, by putting a few drops into 
the feed while it is hot. 
You will add much to the increase and health of your 
; Bees by roasting a bird, prepared the same as you would 
i for your own eating, and put it in the feed drawer just 
i before the blossoms appear. This assists them in 
: making bread and other food for young Bees. 
Do not neglect to give them clear, cool, salted lime 
* water to drink in hot weather. 
$ POR MILLER WASH. 
i Take strong White Lime, slake it with hot water, 
f make it about as thick as paste, then add one gill of fine 
_f salt to each quart—use it freely over every portion of 
ft the bottom boards and hive, washing up on the inside 
J of the hive two or three inches. Use it as often as is 
// neoessary to stop all cracks. 
U Put under each hive about two-thirds of a tea-spoon- 
U ful of Camphor Gum, (about as fine as small peas) in 
U the spring and fall. 
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