1 82 A Modern Bee-Farm 



hopes of success may often be dashed to pieces. It is at once 



the most desirable method of feeding, and the greatest of 



stimulants to increased energy and development on the part of 



the bees ; while it can also be shewn as the most destructive 



to bee-life where all the points to be considered are not well 



understood. 



During the Spring 



nothing of the kind should be allowed until the population of 

 the hives has been largely renewed by young bees, and then with 

 due care in placing the feeding apparatus in a warm sheltered 

 corner, the results will be remarkable. 



At least double the usual quantity of water must be added 

 to the syrup and the feeders placed some distance from the 

 apiary, that robbing may not be induced. 



, In the Autumn 



out-door feeding shoiild not be carried on later than September, 

 and if the supply can be kept warm all the time, it will be a 

 decided advantage. No more bees will then be lost than are 

 old arid that will be quite useless, and in any case would 

 hardly live to help winter their colony, while the stores are 

 arranged in the best possible position, and sufficient young 

 bees are brought into existence to place the hives in good 

 condition for Winter. 



It is some twelve years since I first practised this kind of 

 feeding, and having tried nearly every way that could be 

 thought of, I have found the 



Most suitable Feeders for the purpose 



to be large glass or other jars, with porous cloths tied over the 

 mouths, and inverted. Any number of these can be used, 

 turning them down over boards with circular openings cut out, 

 that they may be held in a suspended position. Float feeders 

 and other similar arrangements are sure to go wrong, causing 



