800 FEEDING. 



to it by sprinkling liquid sweets on the cluster of bees 

 and along the passage leading to the food. When 

 promiscuous feeding is resorted to, sprinkle a portion 

 of the liquid on the bees and at the entrance of each 

 hive that is most in need. Pieces of comb, or even 

 wood, may be dipped in the liquid and placed at the 

 entrance of each hive until the bees cluster on it ; 

 they are then to" be gently carried and laid on the 

 food wherever placed. When once shown the road, 

 they are always on the lookout for their daily allow- 

 ance, unless stopped for a few days, in which case 

 they should be toled to it a second time. 



A tin cup, or dish of almost any kind, may be set 

 in the chamber, for the purpose of supplying food ; 

 floats are to be first placed in them, to allow the bees 

 to sip the liquid without getting soiled or drowned in 

 it. When such vessels are used, it allows the bees 

 to spread through the chamber, and some of them 

 are liable to be crushed in closing the door of the 

 hive ; this, however, can be prevented by using smoke 

 to drive them out of danger. 



The following described box answers a good pur- 

 pose for feeding within the hive, as it allows the bees 

 to ascend without being in the way of opening or 

 closing the hive. 



Plate XLIV, fig. 73 : A represents a tin box five 

 inches wide by seven inches long, and two inches 

 deep ; b, float placed in the tin box to keep the bees 

 from drowning ; (7, wooden box or slip-cover, made to 

 fit loosely over the tin box, being five and one-eighth 



