MANAGING BEES. O i 



ties. When bees are fed in the fall, they will 

 carry up and deposit their food in such a man- 

 ner as will be convenient for them in the winter. 



If feedini^ is neglected until cold weather the 

 bees must be removed to a warm room, or dry 

 cellar, and then they will carry up their food, 

 generally, no faster than they consume it. 



A feeder sliould be made like a box with 

 five sides closed, leaving a part of the sixth 

 side open, to admit the bees from their com- 

 mon entrance with its floot level, when hitch- 

 ed on the front of the hive. It should be of 

 sufficient depth to lay in broad comb, filled 

 with honey. If strained honey without combs 

 is used for feeding, a float, perforated with ma- 

 ny holes, should be laid over the whole of the 

 honey in the box, or feeder, so as to prevent 

 any of the bees from drowning ; and at the 

 same time, this float should be so thin as to 

 enable them to reach the honey. It should be 

 made so small that it will settle down as fast 

 as the honey is removed by the bees. As soon 

 as warm weather commences in the spring, 

 the feeder may be used. Small drawers can- 



