BEE-KEEPING 



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Any stocks which have earlier been found Feeding- 



J f . bottles 



short of food may now have thin syrup given 

 to them instead of candy by means of the 

 feeding-bottle, which is adapted for either 



Feeding-bottle 



spring or autumn feeding. It consists of a 

 wooden stage for placing over the frames 

 with a hole in the centre covered with 

 metal, which has a narrow slit half way 

 round it, and a bottle which is provided with 

 a cover having about nine small holes pierced 

 in it. When the bottle is reversed over the 



