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The following are the only instruments we have ever used 

 in feeding, aU of which are cheap, simple, and excellent. 



Feeding-Board. 



Feedmg-Cistent. 



The trough of qui feeding-hoard is 11 inches wide, \\ 

 inch deep, and holds 3 quarts or 6 lb. of syrup. "We have 

 known a hive — ^not a very large one — take 6 lb. of syrup 

 in three hours. It is a very useful instrument, and can 

 be refilled without touching the hive or troubling the 

 bees. For feeding young swarms, or giving large quanti- 

 ties of syrup to a hive, it is far superior to anything of 

 the kind we have ever seen. In the plate of this feeding- 

 board it wUl be observed that there are cross pieces of 

 wood in the trough for the convenience of the bees get- 

 ting at the liquid. We think this is an improvement on 

 ours, which is used without them ; but then we have to 

 use chips of wood to keep the bees from drowning. "We 



