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inches wide by eight inches long, and three inches 

 deep all in the clear ; d, partition, two inches high, 

 and made at one end to form a passage, as represented 

 at n; e, wire screen to admit air and enable the 

 apiarist to examine the contents of the tin box ; f y 

 aperture, through which the liquid food is to be 

 poured ; g, cover to aperture. 



The tin box A is represented as placed on a cham- 

 ber floor in the position it should occupy in the hive, 

 and the cover C elevated above it ; by lowering the 

 cover to its place, the passage n corresponds with the 

 passage m in the chamber floor, allowing the bees to 

 ascend to the food, without having their liberty in 

 the chamber. Feed can be supplied either by night 

 or day, without removing the box. 



The above tin box may be set at the entrance of a 

 hive, and covered, so that only a small opening at one 

 edge is allowed for the bees to pass in and out. The 

 feed should be given in the evening, and the box re- 

 moved the following morning. This precaution is 

 necessary to prevent robbery. 



PROMISCUOUS FEEDING. 



For promiscuous feeding, shallow troughs are made 

 as follows : Take a sound plank, one and one-fourth 

 inches thick, sixteen inches wide, and six feet long, 

 for the bottom, and for the rim two pieces sixteen 

 inches long, and two pieces six feet, two inches long 

 and three and one-half inches wide ; these are to be 



