112 THE BEE-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
three and three-quarters. The central one contains 
a hole an inch and a half in diameter, and over it 
is placed a feeding-stage, consisting of a plate of 
vulcanite pierced with fine holes, and rotating on 
the screw s, as will be more clearly explained 
below. At E F and G H the board is cut away to 
a depth of a quarter-inch and for a length of ten 
inches, and when the super is in use the two outer 
pieces are transposed severally with the two next 
them, so that the two slits will fall within the 
super, the position of which is marked by the 
double dotted line a b d c—the slit E F, for instance, 
being brought to E’ F’. While remaining as in the 
figure these slits fall outside the hive, the total 
width of the five boards being twenty inches. 
The arrangements for feeding are shown better 
by the following two illustrations. The first gives an 
enlarged represen- 
tation of the vul- 
canite feeding- 
stage, A being the 
rotating centre, 
and Bastopto pre- 
ventthe plate from 
being pushed too 
far. If the feed- 
ing-bottle,inverted 
as in the second 
cut (the shovel is 
simply a convenience for carrying and depositing it), 
be then placed over the dotted circle, which represent 
the position of the central opening in the crowns, it 
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