208 FEEDING. 
will prevent the escape of heat from the hive, and at the 
same time it occupies a warm position, which will aid the 
bees in securing the food. A very practical feeder may 
be made in a frame, and placed directly in the hive. 
Several forms are used by different bee-keepers for feeding 
at the entrance. Two noticeable feeders of this kind are 
the “Simplicity,” made and used by A. I. Root, of Me- 
dina, Ohio, and the ‘‘ Boss Bee-feeder,” invented by J. 
M. Shuck, Des Moines, Iowa. 
Where extensive feeding to supply winter stores is nec- 
essary, a more rapid process is advantageous. We have 
practised putting the syrup or honey directly in the 
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Fig. 83.—VAN DEUSEN’S FEEDER. 
combs with satisfactory results, giving the entire amount 
necessary at one time. It may be done as follows: Take 
a can or tub about two feet across the top, in which place 
the syrup made as above directed. Then prepare a board 
a little wider than the depth of the frames, by nailing a 
strip on each edge, which shall project about one inch 
above it, to prevent the liquid from running off the sides 
of the board, and to conduct it back into the tub. Place 
one end of this board on the tub, and the other upon legs 
elevated enough above it so that the feed will run off 
freely (see fig. 84). Then in the bottom of a common 
quart-dipper, punch one-sixteenth inch holes, about three- 
eighths of an inch apart. Place the empty comb on the 
board, and dip up the syrup, letting if drain into the 
