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FEEDING 



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 



Fig. 59. — The Minnesota bottom feeder. This feeder is safe from robbers and holds a 

 sufl&cient 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. 



PEEDEES 



For feeding large quantities of honey for reserve supplv 

 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. 

 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, 



FiQ. 60. — The Miller feeder is 

 set in a super on top of the hive. 

 This is one of the best feeders. 



