American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . ntain enough to make them moderatelyvaluable when decayed. Their chief beneficial action onthe soil is mechanical—lightening up heavy soils, andgiving sandy ones greater ability to withstand drouth. Excellent and Unpatented Bee-Feeder.—The bee-feeder shown in the accompanyingengraving is one long used by Mr. Wm. Gary, andthrough him by his friends. As things go, one is surpris-ed that it is not patented, superior as it is to the patentedones with which we are familiar. It consists of a woodenbox 0x4, 3 inches deep outside, made of ha
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . ntain enough to make them moderatelyvaluable when decayed. Their chief beneficial action onthe soil is mechanical—lightening up heavy soils, andgiving sandy ones greater ability to withstand drouth. Excellent and Unpatented Bee-Feeder.—The bee-feeder shown in the accompanyingengraving is one long used by Mr. Wm. Gary, andthrough him by his friends. As things go, one is surpris-ed that it is not patented, superior as it is to the patentedones with which we are familiar. It consists of a woodenbox 0x4, 3 inches deep outside, made of half-inch stuff,tacked together and the joints made tight with paintskins, and painted on the joints inside. There are twopartitions (a, b.) crossing the box. The sides, one ofwhich is not represented, are higher than these partitionsand higher also than the ends, and they are grooved, sothat a pane of glass will slide in and form, the cover ortop. The partition a does not touch the glass, but a spaceis left large enough for the bees to pass between. The. ass rests upon the partition &, but does not cover thelittle bulkhead c, into which the syrup is poured, andwhich is not accessible to the bees. This partition doesnot go quite to the bottom, so that the syrup flows underit, and into the middle chamber d. The bulkhead e, whichlike the other is one inch wide, is the vestibule into whichthe bees enter through a hole which may be seen in thecut, but as the partition rests on the bottom, the syrupwill not flow through. The central chamber is the feedingroom, and it is divided lengthways by strips of stiff, roughveneering, set in saw kerfs, half an inch apart and notgoing quite to the floor. These prevent bees falling intothe fluid and drowning, as they would otherwise do. says: The feeder holds about the quantity of syrupor honey which an ordinary stock will take up in onenight, which is the safest time to feed. From its con-struction it will he seen to fill the requirem
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