. Bees and honey : our 40th edition illustrated catalogue & price list, of implements for bee culture with directions for their use. A. I. Root Company; Bee culture. SrMPLlClTY FKEDER ARRANGED FOR FEEDING AT THE ENTRANCE, JUST AT NIGHT. Price of feeding-can shown above, 75c. The syrup [ would recommend is sugar dissolved in any quantity of water convenient; I would not have it as thick as honey, but rather thicker than simply sweetened water. This is for warm-weather feeding, to stimulate brood and queen rearing. Any kind of sugar that the bees will eat will answer. For winter stores, gran
. Bees and honey : our 40th edition illustrated catalogue & price list, of implements for bee culture with directions for their use. A. I. Root Company; Bee culture. SrMPLlClTY FKEDER ARRANGED FOR FEEDING AT THE ENTRANCE, JUST AT NIGHT. Price of feeding-can shown above, 75c. The syrup [ would recommend is sugar dissolved in any quantity of water convenient; I would not have it as thick as honey, but rather thicker than simply sweetened water. This is for warm-weather feeding, to stimulate brood and queen rearing. Any kind of sugar that the bees will eat will answer. For winter stores, granulatf^l sugar is probably the sa- fest of anything. See sugar. Th*^ ahovp must lie nsed at night, or we shall have robbins. Fr>r a " daylis-ht entrance feeder," I would lecommend the one THE 5c. SIMPLICITY FEEDEE; directions for use. ""Fill It with honey, syrup, sweetened water, or evea sugSLi with water poured on it, and then set it GKA? S covered SIMPLICITY FEfiDjaS. The sheet of glass is omitted in the engraving, but it slides in the srrooves shown, and the end opposite the filling-place slides under the little wooden board which Covers a small portion of the feeder. The glass moves so easily that it will fall frfim one end to the other, as the feeder is tipped. The operation of feeding is only to go round with your coffee-pot of syrup, and till them up wherever you can see through the glass that t he feeder is empty. Slip the glass back with your finirer, till up, and then close. No syrup goes over the backs of the bees, because the wire cloth lets it through only under their feet. It is all made of one block of wood (with a wabbling saw), except the little board over one end, and the strip that holds the gla'»8 from being dropped out and tiroken, at the other end. We can furnish them for complete; in lots of 10, fl 30; per UIO, $; or .5c more each, neatly painted. If wanted by mail add 10c each for postage. BEEAD-PAN FEEDEE. (See c
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