208 THE BEE-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
nearly octagonal in form, so as to leave the corners 
open. The circle on which the glass rests should be 
an eighth of an inch lower than the outer rim; the 
glass resting upon it will thus be five-cighths of an 
inch clear of the smaller cirele through which the 
bees rise. In making a trough of this kind, it is 
sometimes customary to append beneath it a central 
descending rim or tube, fitting down into the hole 
on the top of the hive. This is worse than uscless, 
and it is in the way on the removal of the pan; on 
which occasion it is expedient to push beneath it a 
piece of sheet tin or zine, to stop the communication 
from below. Instead of the outer circle there may 
be substituted a simple partition at one corner going 
nearly down to the bottom, so as to cut off a portion 
at that corner. The glass pane can then rest on 
anele pieces, sunk an eighth of an inch, at the other 
three corners, and upon the partition at the fourth, 
this part being left open for pouring in the food. 
A charge is sometimes brought against zine feeding- 
pans as tending to create acidity in the food. There 
may be some truth in this, where the syrup is suffered 
to remain too long, especially if a general neelect of 
cleanliness coexists. Those, however, who prefer wood 
altogether, may have troughs made of that material, 
either square or round in form, cut or turned in a 
lathe from hard wood, a piece being divided off on 
one side by a partition, under which the food passes, 
beneath a wood float. A pane of glass may rest 
upon a circular rabbet turned out to receive it, leaving 
uncovered the part beyond the partition. The admit- 
tance from the hive can be contrived as before. 
