228 The Simplicity Feeder. 



S8, 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, d) and raises the float (Fig. 88, /). 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, d) 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-chambeivand 

 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 admn-ably." 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 



