Gleanings in bee culture . Jav Smiths Perfect feeder in the rear of the bottom board is a bee-space over the feeder so no bees arecrushed Avhen frames are handled. This feeder is always ready. I have fre-quently fed 100 colonies in less than 15minutes. The feeder holds one quart; so ifit is desirable to feed for winter, feed themtwice a day for four or five days, and thevwill be choke full. I have 100 fitted inthis way, and I see nothing lacking-; and soI call it the Perfect feeder. The beeskeep it glued up water-tight, and they liketo cluster down among the cleats. Mr. Aspinwall certainly dis
Gleanings in bee culture . Jav Smiths Perfect feeder in the rear of the bottom board is a bee-space over the feeder so no bees arecrushed Avhen frames are handled. This feeder is always ready. I have fre-quently fed 100 colonies in less than 15minutes. The feeder holds one quart; so ifit is desirable to feed for winter, feed themtwice a day for four or five days, and thevwill be choke full. I have 100 fitted inthis way, and I see nothing lacking-; and soI call it the Perfect feeder. The beeskeep it glued up water-tight, and they liketo cluster down among the cleats. Mr. Aspinwall certainly discovered animportant principle in making his hives fullof little cleats. I helped hive a swarm in oneof his hives, and I was impressed by the waythe bees took to the cleats, spreading amongthem as naturally as though they themselveshad made it. In this same manner do theycluster in my Perfect feeder when it isempty. I do not believe beekeej^ers as a rule arealive to the importance of stimulative feed-ing. If you have good v
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