FEEDERS 131 
Great care must be used in feeding weak colonies or nuclei 
during a dearth of nectar, as robbing is started very easily at that 
time and the little colonies may be easily lost as a result. At 
Fia. 59.—The Minnesota bottom feeder. This feeder is safe from robbers and holds a 
sufficient quantity at one filling. 
times robbers are so persistent in sneaking about every crack that 
it is unsafe to open the hives excepting just at nightfall. Conse- 
quently the feeders should be filled at that time. 
FEEDERS 
For feeding large quantities of honey for reserve supply 
there are two good feeders on the market. Either will hold as 
much at a single filling as is likely to 
be fed to one colony. One of these is 
placed in a super on top of the hive 
and the other is set under the hive in 
place of a bottom board. 
Minnesota Feeder.—This feeder, 
invented by L. D. Leonard, has some 
advantages over any other on the : : ‘ 
market. Fig. 59 shows how it works. sie wee = fouiel the aes 
. : ; . . This is one of the best feeders. 
By referring to the illustration it will 
be seen that a large box, with slatted float through which the bees 
take up the feed, occupies the entire bottom surface of the hive, 
