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hold it in place by turning up over it the pieces of 

 lead soldered on near the upper edge of the outer 

 dish. Cover the part of the dish not covered by 

 the board, with glass, held in place in the same 

 manner by the leads. 



Your feeder is now finished. Set it over the 

 brood section on the top at the rear, the wood cover 

 next to the back of the hive, the glass toward the 

 front. Cover that portion of the brood section of 

 the hive not covered with the feeder, with a honey 

 board, so no bees can get up into the cap of the 

 hive. 



Now to feed, pour the feed in at the inch hole, in 

 the cover. The bees pass from the hive up between 

 the sides of the outer and inner dishes, in the half- 

 inch space, over the sides of the inner dish, in the 

 half-inch space between the cover of the outer dish 

 and the edges of the slats that are placed edgewise in 

 the inner dish, and pass down between the slats,a.fter 

 feed in the inner- dish. The hole in the cover should 

 be kept closed with a cork, to confine the heat to 

 the hive, exclude insects, etc. To feed without 

 raising the cap of the hive, fit a tin tube in the 

 top of the Feeder long enough to come up to the 

 under side of top board of cap, through which 

 make an inch hole to correspond with upper end of 

 tube ; pour the feed in by using a tunnel. Close 

 the hole in cap with a cork, fitting closely, to keep 

 out the wet. 



When first commencing to feed stock, scatter 

 some of the feed over the tops ot the frames in the 

 brood section ; also on the sides of the dishes on 



