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To construct the feeder, get a tin-worker to make 

 you a tin dish, with perpendicular sides, nine inches 

 by eight inches square inside, two and one-half in- 

 ches deep, -without a bottom. Around the lower 

 edge turn the tin out about one-half inch all round, 

 for the dish to rest on when placed on the hive for 

 feeding the bees. Around the top of this dish put 

 a stout wire to keep it in shape. Get another tin 

 dish made seven by eight inches square inside, two 

 inches deep with a bottom. ■ Place the smaller dish 

 inside the larger one, the bottom of the inner dish 

 even and level with the lower edge of the outer dish, 

 which brings the top of the inner dish one-half inch 

 lower than the upper edge of the outer dish ; then 

 when the outer dish is covered, (as it will be in 

 feeding,) there will be a half-inch space between 

 the cover over the outer dish, and the top of the 

 inner dish. Place one of the longer sides of the in- 

 ner dish against the inside of the outer dish, in such 

 a position that there will be a half-inch space all 

 round between the outer and inner dish, except at 

 the side where you fasten them together ; across 

 this one side join them firmly together with solder ; 

 at the bottom near the opposite end solder brass or 

 tin about one inch wide, across the half-inch space 

 from the bottom of the inner dish to the edge of the 

 outer dish, to hold the dishes firmly in place. Near 

 the upper edge of the outer dish solder on some 

 strips of lead about one inch long, by one-half inch 

 wide, to turn down over the cover when put on, to 

 hold it in place. Now get out two pieces of board 

 seven and three-fourths inches long, two inches 



