230 The Heddon Feeder. 



wire gauze (Fig. 91, a), which is raised by the wooden 

 rim, so that the bees can pass readily over the partitions 

 (Fig. 91). The central saw-cuts (Fig. 91) do not reach 



Fig. 91. 



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White FeeiUr. 



the end of the feeder, so there is a platform left (Fig. 91, h) 

 through which a hole (Fig. 91, c) is made. This rests above 

 a hole in the cloth below, and is the door through which the 

 bees reach the feed. When in position just above the bees, 

 it may be covered by a shingle or piece of pasteboard, to 

 prevent daubing the cloth or cushion, and all by the chaff 

 cushion. To feed, we have only to raise the cushion and 

 the pasteboard, and turn the food through the gauze. No 

 bees can get out, there is no disturbance, no danger from 

 the robbers, and we can fefcd at any time, and can feed very 

 rapidly if desired. I like this feeder the best of any I have 

 ever tried. I make them out of two-inch plank. 



The Heddon feeder (Fig. 92) is much the same in 

 principle as the White, and has all the advantages. It is 

 the size of a section-crate and so holds many pounds. The 

 figure makes it plain. The spaces in this are not saw-Cuts, 

 but are formed by thin boards nailed in a box vertically, 

 and a space on one side (Fig. 92) does not connect with the 

 food reservoir but serves as a passage way for the bees 

 from hive to feeder. In the center is a passage (Fig. 

 92, c) which connects 'with the food reservoir, but is not 

 accessible to the bees. In this the food is poured when 

 feeding, which makes it unnecessary to have the wire gauze 



