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on the part of the bees; while it can also be shown as 
the most destructive to bee-life where all the points to be 
considered are not well understood. 
During the Spring 
nothing of the kind should be allowed until the population 
of the hives has been largely renewed by young bees, and 
then with due care in placing the feeding apparatus in a 
warm sheltered corner, the result will be remarkable. 
At least double the usual quantity of water must be 
added to the syrup and the feeders placed some distance 
from the apiary, that robbing may not be induced. 
In the Autumn 
out-door feeding should not be carried on later than 
September, and if the supply can be kept warm all the 
time, it will be a decided advantage. No more bees will 
then be lost than are old and that will be quite useless, 
and in any case would hardly live to help winter their 
colony, while the stores are arranged in the best possible 
position, and sufficient young bees are brought into 
existence to place the hives in good condition for Winter. 
It is many years since J first practised this kind of 
feeding, and having tried nearly every way that could 
be thought of, I have found the 
Most Suitable Feeders for the Purpose 
to be large glass or other jars, with porous cloths tied 
over the mouths, and inverted. Any number of these can 
be used, turning them down over boards with circular 
openings cut out, that they may be held in a suspended 
position. Float feeders and other similar arrangements 
for out-door use are sure to go wrong, causing many 
deaths, but with the above all is clean, there can be no 
daubing, and empty jars can soon be replaced by others, 
