100 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



one can make a feeder at a minute's notice with materials always 

 1-eady to hand. Take a gallon crock, fill it half full of granu- 

 lated sugar; then fill nearly full with water, all the better if 

 stirred till dissolved; cover over the crock a thickness of flannel 

 or other woolen cloth, or else four or five thicknesses of cheece- 

 clotli; over this lay a dinner-plate upside down; then with one 

 liand under the crock and the other over the plate, quickly turn 

 the whole thing upside down. Of course a smaller quantity of 

 feed may be used if desired. 



Fir/. 34 — Part of Home Apiary (from Northivest). 



The feeder is then set over the frames of a colony, an 

 empty hive-body placed over, and all covered up so no bee can 

 get to it except through the regular hive-entrance. 



WATEEING-CEOCK. 



This crock-and-plate feeder is a good one for those who 

 like outdoor feeding, if only a small quantity is to be fed. It 

 also makes a good watering-place for bees, if one does not mind 

 the trouble. Better than this is a six-gallon crock standing 

 upri,nht with a few sticks of fire-wood in it for a watering- 

 crock (Fig. 44). A little salt thrown into the water helps to 



