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tative. Will they do it? 



We need a standard Langstroth hive. Once upon a time a 

 committee was appointed with a scientific name to try and stand- 

 ardize the Langstroth hive. Did they do it? Did they do any- 

 thing? Are they alive? It cannot be possible. This is a prob- 

 lem for the National to take hold of. Will they do it ? 



We are discriminated against in freight rates. We are 

 charged higher rates than syrups in the same containers weigh- 

 ing the same. The National Beekeepers' Association is the one 

 to take hold of this problem. Will they do it? 



We ought to be a live association. Will we do it? 



Feeding Bees for Winter Stores 



For October feeding of bees for winter stores, the feed should 

 be given to the bees quite hot. Since the advent of brood diseases, 

 no honey is fed in the liquid form, but instead, granulated sugar 

 syrup is substituted. Weigh up fifty pounds of water to each 100 

 pounds of sugar, bringing the water to the boiling point then add 

 the sugar, stirring until all is dissolved. If six teaspoonfulls of 

 tartaric acid is added to each 100 pounds sugar melted, to change 

 the cane to invert sugar, may be advantageous. 



A Friction Top Pail as a Bee Feeder 



For outyard work and feeding at home, we cannot conceive of 

 anything better as a bee feeder than about a ten pound friction top 

 pail, where large quantities are to be fed as for winter stores. 



To make the feeder, simply perforate the cover with very 

 small wire nails, making many perforations. Fill your pails with 

 sirup, load on your wagon and drive to the outyard, if you have 

 one to feed, and there you are with the sirup ready to set upon the 

 hives. 



How to Arrange the Feeders 



In feeding with friction top pails, remove the hive cover and 

 place two or three strips of lath across the hive, on the broodframes. 

 Invert the pail of sirup and place upon the lath, being sure to hold 

 the pail over the swarm being fed when the pail is inverted, for 

 some little sirup will run out during the operation, but will stop 

 when the pail is left alone. One or more pails can be given at a 

 time, dependent upon how much is required to winter the colony. 



