Gentlepeople: Well, it comes time again for me to ask another question. The last time I ventured to ask a question I received lots of good information. Maybe this time as well. I just wish that I had information and experience that I could offer back to all of you. For those of you following the WWW there have been some discussion on syrup feeding in winter as well. Several individuals on the Web indicate that they provide "candy boards" to their bees in the winter. I have read of candy boards and even attempted once to make "fondant" candy according to recipes I found in my wife's candy cookbook. All I succeeded in doing was using up 10lbs of sugar and making a thorough mess of the kitchen. The only reason I wasn't banned from the cooking area was that I spent a couple hours cleaning sugary crystals off the linoleum and waxing up the floor nice and shiny again. Give me your thoughts (and recipes and tips) on using candy for emergency food. (My hives are currently sitting with plenty of honey and look in good shape, but the winter is early and, after the last three years of lost hives, I want to be ready in case I need to help out.)