Gleanings in bee culture . beescan not eat. It must be just right. Wemake up a batch of candy about a monthbefore we expect to use it. We let it standin a warm room; and if it begins to spreadin the pan or on the molding-board, afterstanding two weeks in warm weather, morepowdered sugar is kneaded in. If, after aweek or ten days, it seems to be soft andmoist so that it can be indented by a pres-sure of the finger, and yet will hold itsposition without running on the mold-ing-board, it is then fit to use. A wordabout the sugar. Be sure to get powderedsugar without starch in it. We anticipate th
Gleanings in bee culture . beescan not eat. It must be just right. Wemake up a batch of candy about a monthbefore we expect to use it. We let it standin a warm room; and if it begins to spreadin the pan or on the molding-board, afterstanding two weeks in warm weather, morepowdered sugar is kneaded in. If, after aweek or ten days, it seems to be soft andmoist so that it can be indented by a pres-sure of the finger, and yet will hold itsposition without running on the mold-ing-board, it is then fit to use. A wordabout the sugar. Be sure to get powderedsugar without starch in it. We anticipate that the pound packagesof bees we illustrate, or those embodyingtliese principles, will be a nice business for * We shipped one three-pound package of bees toGuelph, Canada, last winter, when the temperaturewas nearly down to zero. About one-third weredead on arrival. The expressman probably felt Sor-ry for them, and set them against a dont believe the cold killed the one-third thatwere dead. APRIL 15, 1913. Fig. 7.—Method of putting bees in the cages. beekeei^ers all over the country. It willmake an interchange of bees possible fromone locality to another without danger oftransmitting disease, and at the same timereduce the cost of express charges down toa mere trifle. It will also make it possiblefor the extensive beekeeper to ship a thou-sand colonies in a carload from the Southto the North as against only 250 colonies oncombs in hives. But do not let any one befoolish enough to try to ship a carload ofbees in pound packages until the thing hasbeen tried out more thoroughly in small ex-press shipments. We expect to send fifteenor twenty colonies to Des Moines in threeand five pound packages, as shown in The express on these will be about one-fourth what it would be on full bees will be shaken on frames of foun-dation toward night. The entrances will beclosed with perforated zinc. Now righthere is a danger. Where possible, bees inpound pa
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