. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 175 packing may be kept from sifting down between the frames by cover- ing the top of the hive with a burlap or cloth before replacing the packing. Receipts are also available for mak- ing fondants, which are useful for feeding in this manner and which do not require the use of honey. Preparing the Syrup When using syrup it is most prac- tical to make, at one time, amounts sufficient to care for all the colonies that may need help. The sugar and water may be mixed and heated in a large container until the sugar is en- tirely
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 175 packing may be kept from sifting down between the frames by cover- ing the top of the hive with a burlap or cloth before replacing the packing. Receipts are also available for mak- ing fondants, which are useful for feeding in this manner and which do not require the use of honey. Preparing the Syrup When using syrup it is most prac- tical to make, at one time, amounts sufficient to care for all the colonies that may need help. The sugar and water may be mixed and heated in a large container until the sugar is en- tirely melted. To carry the feed to outapiaries, five-gallon cans are con- venient. We use five-gallon oil cans for this purpose, since it is easy to pour the feed from them, and they are stout enough to stand consider- able handling. Fig. 3. Of all the feeders used, we find the inverted or atmospheric feeder to be by far the most useful. Two of these, holding five pounds each, are inverted at the edge of the hive with the oil cloths, which we use, turned back just enough to let the bees get to the feed. In settled warm weather this is not of importance. Shallow pans of feed placed on the frames and covered with grass to serve as floats will do very well, but they are not satisfactory unless the weather is warm, since the bees may not take the feed readily. Outside feeders are not satisfactory, since they not only create considerable disturbance but usually colonies already well supplied with stores, being the stronger, get most of the feed, and the object of the work is thus partly defeated. It is better to be beforehand than behindhand when colonies are in dan- ger of becoming short of stores, and in a country where the roads to out- apiaries quickly become impassable to machines after rains or thaws, it is important to watch the chances for visits to the yards. Each yard should be supplied with sufficient cans of feed and with feeders enough to care for later emergencies. GARDEN PL
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