Gleanings in bee culture . Fig. 3,—Hives protected by supers of shavings on which are laclted strips of buildint;-i)aiicr wide enough toextend down nearly to the bottom-boards. l)y boiling two parts sugai with one part ofhoney until the sarue was brittle, and, whenpoured into bread-pans, these cakes hard-ened like so many blocks of ice. Theseblocks, weighing about 10 lbs. each, wereplaced one over the frames of each of the tencolonies, the cake of honey candy beingplaced on two strips of wood to elevate itabout I inch above the top of the frames—see Fig. Fit;-. 1.—Mixing lioney and pulveri
Gleanings in bee culture . Fig. 3,—Hives protected by supers of shavings on which are laclted strips of buildint;-i)aiicr wide enough toextend down nearly to the bottom-boards. l)y boiling two parts sugai with one part ofhoney until the sarue was brittle, and, whenpoured into bread-pans, these cakes hard-ened like so many blocks of ice. Theseblocks, weighing about 10 lbs. each, wereplaced one over the frames of each of the tencolonies, the cake of honey candy beingplaced on two strips of wood to elevate itabout I inch above the top of the frames—see Fig. Fit;-. 1.—Mixing lioney and pulverized suyar^to make C4ood candy. Then supers were taken, Fig. 2, and piecesof burlap nailed over them so that, whenthese supers were placed over the cake ofcandy, the burlap had been left so loose andbaggy that it covered the candy and at thesame time permitted the super to rest flatupon the hive-body. The super was then filled with planer shav-ings, the lid put on, and, to protect fromwind and cold, I nailed a wide strip of rubberoid paper on the top ofthe super so that it lapped thehive-body as seen in Fig. 3. As a matter of fact, the samemethod of packing was employedwith all the hives, and was a per-fect protection in every sense ofthe word. A few more colonies were givencakes of hard brittle candy madeby boiling plain granulated sugarand water, antl poured into bak-ing-pans to cool and harden. HOW TO MAKE AND FEED GOODCANDY. I was not willing to risk toomany colonies in experimenting,so the larger number of colonieswere given great balls of Good
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