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KLLDiXG BEES. 



but bees thus helped, will not spend the next season m idle- 

 ness; nor will those deprived of their surplus limit their 

 iratherings to a bare competency. 



Before the first heavy frosts all feeding- 

 required for wintei-ing bees should be care- 

 fully attended to. 



(>(U>. Feeders of all descriptions are 

 made and sold. To feed our bees we haN( 

 used for years a finiit can, (fig. 123) qo\- 

 ered with cloth and inverted over the hivt 

 It costs nothing and can be found in every 

 house. AVe now use HilTs Feeder (tig. 124), 

 in which the cloth is replaced by a ]»erf()rated cover, 



Fig. 123. 

 CAN FEEDER. 



hill's bee-feeder. 



The bees can then get their food, without being chilled even 

 in cold weather, and they promptly store it away in the 

 combs, for later use. 



In order that the heat may be better retained, a hole of the 

 size of the feeder may be cut mto a piece of enamel cloth 

 used for the purpose in jjlace of the ordinaiy cloth. 



Columella recommended wool, soaked m honey, for feed- 

 ing bees. When the weather is not too cold, a saucer, bowl, 

 trough, or vessel of any kind, filled with straw, makes a con- 

 venient feeder. 



It is desirable to get through with Fall feeding as rapidly 

 as possible, as the bees are so excited by it that they con- 



