. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. FEEDING AND FEEDERS. 100 FEEDING AND FEEDERS. to building out foundation most beautifully, and I never in my life saw tbe work in the hive go on so satisfactorily as it did during the hot, dry, dusty days, under the influence of a very moderate amount of feeding dur- ing the night. I take great pl
. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. FEEDING AND FEEDERS. 100 FEEDING AND FEEDERS. to building out foundation most beautifully, and I never in my life saw tbe work in the hive go on so satisfactorily as it did during the hot, dry, dusty days, under the influence of a very moderate amount of feeding dur- ing the night. I take great pleasure in giving you a feeder that I think is, in sever- al respects, rather ahead of the former one. (let a piece of basswood, pine, or other light soft wood, two inches thick by two wide, and about a foot long; with a buzz- saw set wabbling, plow grooves in it,three in number, as shown in the following en- SIMPLICITY REE-FEEDER. We have shown it turned over on one side, that you may see the way in which the grooves are sawed out, so as to leave two thin partitions through the middle. The holes from one partition to the other are to allow all three of the apartments to fill up at once, that the danger of running them over when filling may be avoided. I con- fess, when I made the first one I was a little fearful that the bees would drown in them after all; but when 1 saw how they clung to the wood as they sipped the honey, J had no fear; and after a trial of them for several weeks witli all kinds of feed, all the way from sweetened water to syrup as thick as tar, all kinds of candied honey, sugar and water stirred up hastily in all proportions, I have yet to see a single dead bee in a feeder. They may be used inside the hive, in the upper story, before the entrance, or where you choose. They are always emptied in a twinkling, and with perfect safety to the bees. Where we are building up stocks, we set them in the hive, close to the division-board. For a full col
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