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unless you are absolutely certain it came from a clean 

 hive, and use cane, not beet, sugar. 



FEEDERS. 



There are several kinds of feeders advertised by 

 those who cater for bee-keepers. Clean, empty combs 

 make excellent feeders, and they can be filled by placing 

 them on an inclined board in a large milk dish or other 

 similar vessel, and pouring the syrup through a fine 

 strainer held a foot or so above them. The force of the 

 falling syrup expels the air from the cells, and the 

 syrup takes its place. After filling, the combs should 

 be suspended over a vessel (to catch the drip) before 

 placing them in the hives. 



Fig. 69. " SIMPLICITY " FEEDER. 



DOOLITTLE FEEDER. 



The " Simplicity " feeder is an excellent one to stand 

 on the frames under the cover. Then there is the 

 " Doolittle " division board feeder (Fig. 70) to suspend 



