. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 462 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. June 30, 1904. onger than the hive is wide, outside measure- ment. My bottom-board is inches thiel<, counting the cleats across the front and back, BO 1 dress the scantling down to V'^ inches thick. After being cut up the pieces are held over a buzz-saw with a little wabble to it, so that it cuts a groove about J^ inch wide. These grooves are cut to within about '-„ of an inch of going through, and to within i.,' inch of each end. I put four such grooves in each piece, leaving a thin piece between the grooves, the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 462 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. June 30, 1904. onger than the hive is wide, outside measure- ment. My bottom-board is inches thiel<, counting the cleats across the front and back, BO 1 dress the scantling down to V'^ inches thick. After being cut up the pieces are held over a buzz-saw with a little wabble to it, so that it cuts a groove about J^ inch wide. These grooves are cut to within about '-„ of an inch of going through, and to within i.,' inch of each end. I put four such grooves in each piece, leaving a thin piece between the grooves, then take a sharp chisel and cut a little out of each piece so that the syrup can run into all the grooves alike. I then fill them with hot paraffin or beeswax, leaving it a few seconds so as to give them a good coat- ing inside to prevent the syrup from soaking into the wood. Next give them two good coats of paint, and we have feeders that have cost about 6 cents each, and will last 20 years or more. When I look over the colonies in the apiary, I put one of these feeders at the back end of the bottom-board of eich hive, placing it so that the top of the feeder will be on a level with the top of the bottom-board; then draw back the hive over the feeder, so it will be flush with the back of the feeder, the other end of the feeder projecting four inches to one side of hive. I then take a pail having a spout, and pour in the feed, being careful to have the hive set level. When the feeder is full I lay a block of 2x4 across the feeder where I have poured in the syrup, and the job is done. The odor of the warm syrup will rise up in the combs, and the bees will at once And the teed, and clean out a feeder full in 30 minutes. If you want to feed in the fall for winter- ing, put two or three feeders under the hive, in the same way, and give them all they re- quire in one day. Of course, in the fall, you must feed much thicker syrup than in the spring. If you have the syrup handy in the
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