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Hivetool.com>Beekeeping Guide>Beekeeping Calendar of Management Practices>November>Feeding Bees with Hard Candy![]() Feeding Bees with Hard Candy The hard candy method is more work but reduces moisture problems associated with syrup feeding during the cold weather. Preparing the candy Ingredients:
Heat the water while adding the sugar and honey. Stir continuously until the mixture is liquid. Remove the spoon; do not stir, but continue to heat the mixture. Heat the boiling mixture to 238° F. Do not stir while cooking. When the temperature reaches 238° F, remove from the heat source and add the cream of tartar. Cool the mixture to 125° F and stir vigorously until the mixture becomes cloudy white. Pour the mixture into a rectangular cake pan or candy feeder box. Candy molded in cake pan can be wrapped in wax paper and placed in the hive. A candy feed box can be constructed from a piece of one-half inch plywood the size of an inner cover. A 1 ¼-inch rail is
nailed around the perimeter of the plywood to make a tray. Nail 12 roofing nails into the inside bottom of the plywood tray to anchor the candy
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