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228 The Simplicity Feeder. 
"88, c) is cut off, so that the bees can pass between the can 
and top-bar on to the float, where they can sip the feed; 
The feed is turned into the hole in the top-bar (Fig 88, e), 
and without touching a bee, passes down under the verti- 
cal strip (Fig. 88, @) and raises the float (Fig. 88, f). The 
can may be tacked to the board at the ends near the top. 
Two or three tacks through the can into the vertical piece 
(Fig. 88, @) will hold the latter firmly in place; or the top- 
bar may press on the vertical piece so that it cannot move. 
Crowding a narrow piece of woolen cloth between the’ 
can and board, and nailing a similar strip around the bev- 
eled edge of the division board, makes all snug. The 
objection to this feeder is that it cannot be placed just 
above the cluster of bees. On very cold days in spring 
the bees can not reach their food in any other position. 
The feeder is placed at the end of the brood-chambér, and 
the top-bar covered by the quilt. To feed, we have only 
to fold the quilt over, when with a tea-pot we pour the 
feed into the hole in the top-bar. If a honey board is 
used, there must be a hole in this just above the hole in 
the division-board feeder. In either case no bees can 
escape, the heat is confined, and our division-board feeder 
is but little more expensive than a division board alone. 
Some apiarists prefer a quart can with finely perforated 
cover. This is filled with liquid, the cover put on, and the 
whole quickly inverted and set above a hole in the cover 
just above the bees. Owing to the pressure of the air, the 
liquid will not descend so rapidly that the bees cannot sip 
it up. The objections to this feeder are, that it is awkward, 
raises the cushions so as to permit the escape of heat, and 
must be removed to receive the feed. Mr. A. I. Root 
recommends the little butter trays sold at the groceries for 
feeding. These cost only one-third of a cent. “Need no 
float and work admirably.” I have tried these and think 
they have only their cheapness to recommend them. They 
raise the cover, cannot be. filled without disturbing the 
bees, leak, and daub the bees. As feeders last for a life- 
time I prefer to pay more and get good ones. 
The Simplicity feeder (Fig. 89), invented by Mr. A. I. 
Root, is shown on its side in the illustration, This is used 
