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Bee-Feeders. 



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. 



The Simplicity feeder (Fig. 74), invented by Mr. A. I. 

 Root, is shown on its side in the illustration. This is used 

 at the entrance, and so is not good for cold weather. As 

 the feed is exposed it can only be used at night, when the 

 bees are not flying. 



Fig. 74. 



Simplicity Bee-Feeder. 

 Fig. 75. 



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Shuck's Boss Bee-Feeder. 



The Shuck feeder (Fig. 75) is a modification of the Simplic- 

 ity, and a great improvement. This is used at the entrance 

 of the hive or by nailing two together so that the sides mark- 

 ed D will face each other. We can use it above the bees. 

 We then would place the opening D, above a hole in the 

 cloth cover, or honey-board, turn the feed in at C, and the 

 bees would come up at D, pass under the cover, and down 

 into the saw-cuts (Fig. 75, A, A) when they would sip the 



