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quarter deep, having a circular two-inch hole in the 
middle of the bottom, with a rim round the hole, 
standing up half an inch. ‘This opening is to stand 
exactly over the feeding-hole in the crown-board, 
admitting the bees to rise through it and above the 
rim, so as to gain admittance to the surrounding 
food. Another circular rim or partition, as large in 
diameter as the square of the pan will admit, is 
soldered within it at the four points where it touches 
the sides. It must not go down to the bottom, but 
a space should there be left of nearly an eighth of an 
inch, as a passage for the food, which is poured in 
at one of the four angles. A perforated thin wooden 
bottom or float is fitted loosely into the pan between 
the circles, removing an objection sometimes made 
against the chilling effects of metal upon bees, and 
also obviating the risk of their being drowned in the 
syrup. The float should be a little raised by means 
of two thin strips of wood appended below, to allow 
the liquid to flow beneath. A cover is made by a 
piece of glass resting on the larger circle, but cut 
