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upright pieces of wood bb, which are placed near together 

 so that the bees cannot get drowned. The top of the feeder is 

 covei'ed with glass to prevent the bees from escaping. With a 

 feeder like this a stock will take down sufficient food for the 

 winter in two or three days at the outside. In cold weather, 

 if the syrup is given to the bees at a temperature of 90° or 95° 



jg. 35. — Canadian Bee-feeder. 



Fahr. — not more — they will take it down much more rapidly 

 than if given cold. The feeder should be kept well covered 

 with quilts to prevent the heat of the hive escaping. 



Profit and Loss. 

 By the foregoing method we obtain an increase of three 

 stocks from one, leaving the original one for the repetition of 

 the same process or for the production of honey the following 

 year. The feeding of the four stocks will not take more than 

 1 cwt. of sugar — probably a good deal less. The estimated 

 cost of producing the three stocks, which I give below, has 

 been made out on a liberal scale, and in many cases it would 

 be considerably less. 



1 ewt. cane sugar .... 



3| lbs. thin foundation at Ss. Od. per lb 

 3 doz. frames at .S.s. iki. per doz. . 

 Advertising the bees for sale, say 



It will be seen above that I have not taken into account the 

 cost of the three hives, the feeders, and travelling boxes (one of 

 which between every three stocks will be enough) ; but as all 



