44 FEEDING, 



wide, one-fourth inch thick. With a thick saw cut 

 channels crosswise of the pieces, three-eighths of an 

 inch apart and one-eighth inch deep, being careful tO' 

 run your saw square across the piece every time. 

 Next get out pieces to correspond with the number 

 of channels, six and three-fourth inches long, two 

 inches wide, one-eighth inch thick, (salved out so 

 the sides will be rough, to enable the bees the bet- 

 ter to hold fast to them, when taking feed.) These 

 pieces are to stand edgewise in the inner dish. 

 With a sharp knife bring the ends of the pieces to a 

 thin edge, so they will easily slip into the channels 

 in the end pieces. Put the pieces with the chan- 

 nels, one across each end of the inner dish, the 

 channels of each facing the mside of the dish, then 

 slip the ends of your pieces that are one-eighth 

 thick down through the channels to the bottom of 

 the inner dish. Before you put them down into 

 the dish, cut out a small notch, in what will be the 

 lower edge of each piece after it is put down into 

 the dish, so the food when poured in will flow to 

 all parts of the feeder. The pieces or slats when 

 all put edgewise in the dish will reach to the bottom 

 and be on a level with the edges of the inner dish. 

 Nowr for the cover : Get out a piece of board a 

 half-inch thick, nine and one-fourth inches long, and 

 four inches wide. In the centre of this piece, w^ith 

 a sharp bit, make a one-inch hole ; cover the hole 

 with a fine wire cloth, bent a little convex. Put this 

 piece of board over the outer dish, with wire 

 cloth next to the inside of the dish, (put it across 

 that end where the dishes are soldered together,) 



