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THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



A new bee-feeder. 

 F. E. Mei'i'iman of Boston has taken 

 out a patent on a bee-feeder which 

 seems to hit the case exactly. It con- 

 sists of a can capable of hoUiing some 

 two quarts of honey or syrup, the flow 

 of which to the bees is entirely con- 

 trolled by the bees ; that is, as they 

 consume the food the supply is main- 

 tained, but if for any reason none is 

 used by the bees, the flow ceases. 

 The can may be placed on the honey- 



contact therewitli. The feed-cup will 

 accommodate two or three hundred 

 bees at a time, whereby great activity 

 may be induced in a swarm. There 

 is no liability of the honey or syrup 

 running down into the hive and 

 among the bees, and when required 

 for use, as the supply in the can is 

 kept up without its being removed, 

 the bees are in no way disturbed or 

 annoyed. The feeder is placed di- 

 rectly over the cluster, and in the 



Merriman's Bee-feeder. 



board, through which a hole has been 

 made for the ingress of the bees, and 

 allowed to constantly remain on 

 there, or at the option of the apia- 

 rist, the food being supplied through 

 an opening on the lop of the "feeder." 

 The bottom of the feeder is placed 

 some one and one-half of an inch from 

 the end of the can, to which is fas- 

 tened a shallow feed-cup, covered with 

 coarse wire netting, through which the 

 bees take up the feed, and which pre- 

 vents them from being destroyed by 



coldest weather, that section which- 

 the bees occupy while obtaining the 

 food, is equally as warm as the 

 warmest part of the hive. 



For sale at the office of the Api. 



Dr. G. Zi. Tinker's opinion of the See- 

 keepers' Directory. 



The New Directory is not only valuable for the 

 large list of beekeepers and their post office ad- 

 dress, but for the many valuable hints and the 

 general management of the apiary. 



