. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 132 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [November 1, 1879. matters relating to bees, that has awakened the public generally to a sense of the importance of their culture, and tended to revive the pursuit as one of considerable consequence to the nation. USEFUL HINTS. Barley-Sugar Feeding.—Should any feeding be now necessary, barley-sugar is the only food that should be given. It is highly wasteful to give that ordinarily sold by confectioners, as it is usually too highly dried (to make it keep), and a third of it will not deliquesce or become liquid,
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 132 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [November 1, 1879. matters relating to bees, that has awakened the public generally to a sense of the importance of their culture, and tended to revive the pursuit as one of considerable consequence to the nation. USEFUL HINTS. Barley-Sugar Feeding.—Should any feeding be now necessary, barley-sugar is the only food that should be given. It is highly wasteful to give that ordinarily sold by confectioners, as it is usually too highly dried (to make it keep), and a third of it will not deliquesce or become liquid, so the bees, being unable to lick it up, carry it out of the hive, and throw it away. Barley-sugar may be given anyhow, so that the bees have access to it without injury to them- selves. It may be placed over the central hole in a little pile, and a flower-pot inverted over it, or it may be thrust between the combs amongst the bees, placed under the quilt on the top of the frames, or, in fact, anywhere where it will be near the bees ; but it must be given in small quantities, or it may liquefy too rapidly, and run down among them, making them sticky and wet at a (cold) time, when they will be unable to free themselves from it, and thus it may be a source of mischief. Barley-sugar is recommended as winter food because it contains so little moisture, and consequently there is less to evaporate than if syrup be given. Winter Passages.—' I do not like to dis- turb my bees, to make these,' say several cor- respondents. ' Will it not do to make a way above the frames for the bees to pass from comb to comb ?' Well, we once lived in a house with front and back staircases, and between them were a parlour and kitchen communicating, and in cold weather we found it much more comfort- able and convenient to pass through the doorway below (the winter passage) than to climb one set of stairs, traverse the cold upper rooms, and descend by the other stairway. We would much prefer the incon
Size: 2007px × 1245px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury, bookdecade1870, bookpublisherlondon, booksubjectbees
