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it possible for them to reach the food when the weather is quite 

 cool. Twenty or more pounds can be fed at one filling if desired. 



Utilizing Tin Pails.—The beekeeper who cultivates his 

 local market will sell a considerable portion of his honey in 

 five- and ten-pound 

 pails. Accordingly he 

 will always have a sup- 

 ply of these pails at 

 hand. By punching a 

 few small holes in the 

 friction tops, ideal 

 feeders are easily and 

 quickly provided. By 

 placing an empty super 

 on the hive, several of 

 these pails can be 

 turned upside down 

 over the cluster as 

 shown at Fig. 59. 



In this way it is 

 easy to provide a suf- 

 ficient quantity for any 

 emergency at one feed- 

 ing and very little extra ^^°- 61.— Tin pan feeder in super. 



investment is necessary. The purchase of a number of extra 

 covers for the pails is all the expense required for providing 

 a quantity of feeders of this kind. The covers will be spoiled 

 for other use, but the pail will be as good as before. Fig. 59 

 shows several of these pails in place in a super. 



While various types of feeders are shown in this chapter, 

 the author recommends first the use of combs of sealed honey, 

 and if these be not available, the use of the friction top pail 

 except in queen rearing yards, where some slow method of 

 feeding is desirable. 



