17 



The embedder (E., Fig. 9) is a piece of iron J-incJi thick, set in 



a wooden handle, the opposite end being 



37. The Embedder. sharply curved, slightly pointed, and fitted 



with a groove to take a piece of No. 30 



wire. When required for use the iron is heated sufficiently to 



melt beeswax when brought into contact with it. The iron 



will retain heat long enough to permit of several sheets of 



foundation being lemibedded withoutl reheating it. A spur 



embedder (S., Fig. 9) is sometimes used. 



Many patterns of feeders are used. The kind recommended is 



usually supplied in half-pint and one pint 



38. Feeder. sizes, and consists of a glass jar (Figs. 10 



and 33), which when in use is inverted 



over a tin plate inserted in a hoUowed-out wooden stage 



(Fig. 10) ; the jar is closed by a metal screw cap, in which are 



pierced nine holes, one or more of which may, by turning the 



jar, be exposed at will over a curved slot cut in the tin plate, 



the number of holes exposed at any time being indicated by a 



pointer. 



With the point only of a darning needle, punch a very small hole 

 in the centre of an ordinary tin cocoa canis- 



39. Cheap Feeder ter, the hole being just large enough to per- 

 for Slow Feeding, mit one drop of syrup to pass in every two 



seconds ; when in use the canister should 

 be placed on the quilt, the hole in the canister being over the 

 hole in the quilt (102) . If the canister has a fairly tight-fitting 

 lid, it would be best to pierce a shghtly larger hole in the lid, 

 and invert the canister when in use : the vacuum which will be 

 created, will prevent waste of syrup. 



Use an ordinary one or two-pound glass jam jar, the mouth of 

 which should be covered by a piece of 



40. Cheap Feeder butter muslin tied on after filling the jar 

 for Quick Feeding, with syrup. Make a wooden stage to hold 



the mouth of the inverted jar. This may 

 be done by cutting a circular hole a little wider than the mouth 

 of the jar out of the centre of a piece of wood, the thickness 

 of which should be such that the muslin cover of the inverted 

 jar shall be J-inch above the quilt when in position for feeding 

 over the hole in the quilt (102). 



The super-clearer (Fig. 1) is a close sheeted frame of wood, of 

 such dimensions that when placed under a 



41. Super-clearer, section crate (29) or doubling-box (31) it is 



impossible for any bees in the crate or 

 doubling-box to pass therefrom except through a trap bee-escape 

 fitted into the centre of the frame , through which bees can freely 

 pass from the crate or doubling-box to the body-box or crate of 

 sections on which the super-clearer has been placed, but 

 through which they cannot return into the doubling-box or 

 crate which it is desired to clear. The trap which has been iu 



