. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. autumn when it is necessary to feed rapidly another set of feeders is used, acting on a different system. When feeding up winter stores in September, now being almost univer- sally recognized here as tlic time to feed bees (spring stimulation in au- tumn), these appliances require to pro- vide ready access to the syrup by a large force of bees at one time. We have this secured in illustrations 3, 4, and 5. The first is made of tin, an ob- jectionable medium perhaps for feed- ing bees, but it will be noted that the bees come little in contact with this
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. autumn when it is necessary to feed rapidly another set of feeders is used, acting on a different system. When feeding up winter stores in September, now being almost univer- sally recognized here as tlic time to feed bees (spring stimulation in au- tumn), these appliances require to pro- vide ready access to the syrup by a large force of bees at one time. We have this secured in illustrations 3, 4, and 5. The first is made of tin, an ob- jectionable medium perhaps for feed- ing bees, but it will be noted that the bees come little in contact with this material, as the footholds found around the interior are made of circular rims of wood on which the bees rest when sucking up the syrup. Number 4, the " Favorite," is constructed on the same principle, but it has the advantage of being all wood, being turned out of a solid block; therefore, bees take to it readily. Of late years it is becoming very popular, and bids fair to be the regular favorite with surburbanites and similar classes of beekeepers. Both of these have the advantage of being easily cleaned, a necessity if the food given to the bees is to be whole- some and guaranteed to keep well. Bees have to leave their warm nest and ascend to the syrup compartment, but during early autumn that is no detri- ment, as if the food is supplied hot this space is as warm as any part of the hive. A strong colony carries down 5 to 10 pounds of syrup. Yet another style is very popular. With these the bees have to rise still higher above their frames. The well known " Canadian" feeder is a first-class specimen of the type, and is almost universally used in this country when feeding up driven bees in autumn. My own took 10 pounds of syrup at one time, and a special one had a capacity for 20 pounds. They did very efficient and rapid work, and with one, or at most two fillings, supplied the necessary winter stores. Illustration No. 5 shows a reliable and rapid float f
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