. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE. tt ^mxm\, [No. 20. Vol. II.] DECEMBER, 1874. [Published Monthly.] ^bitonal, Sntkcs, \fr. DECEMBER. During this month bees, if properly pre- pared for the winter, will require little or no attention beyond the care ordinarily necessary to prevent the entrance of their hives being choked with snow, dead bees, or cUhris from the combs; nevertheless, there will be some who, from causes beyond their control, will have been unable to attend to their stocks, and, as a consequence, some of their bees must be in very poor condition. To such we
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE. tt ^mxm\, [No. 20. Vol. II.] DECEMBER, 1874. [Published Monthly.] ^bitonal, Sntkcs, \fr. DECEMBER. During this month bees, if properly pre- pared for the winter, will require little or no attention beyond the care ordinarily necessary to prevent the entrance of their hives being choked with snow, dead bees, or cUhris from the combs; nevertheless, there will be some who, from causes beyond their control, will have been unable to attend to their stocks, and, as a consequence, some of their bees must be in very poor condition. To such we would say. Do not by any means feed your bees with liquid food, for now that cold weather has set in, there will be no possibility of its being sealed over, because the bees will be unable to evaporate it to the proper consistency, and it will be liable to turn sour and breed disease. The best winter food for bees is barley-sugar, if properly made; and elsewhere in these pages will be found directions which, if carried out, cannot fail to produce the desired article. In feeding bees it should be remembered that they do not always make their winter's nest in the centre of their hive ; indeed they seldom do so, unless very strong. Weak stocks usually congregate against the warmest and driest side or corner of their hive; and in either of these positions it must be manifest the central hole, although intended for feeding, can be of little use for the purpose. Under these circum- stances the quilt arrangement will be found most advantageous, as without any disturbance, but by simply turning up its corners or sides, the whereabouts of the bees may be easily dis- covered, and food, in the barley-sugar form, administered, if required. Barley-sugar may be given, in a bottle over the cluster, where means are available, or it may be thrust between the combs under the quilt, giving a small quantity at a time to each seam of bees. In skeps it must be either put in at the feeding-hole, or
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