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vertical piece so that it cannot move. Crowding a narrow 

 piece of woolen cloth between the can and board, and nailing 

 a similar strip around the beveled edge of the division-board 

 makes all snug. One of our students suggests the name 

 " Perfection" for this feeder. The feeder is placed at the 

 end of the brood-chamber (page 137), and the top-bar covered 

 by the quilt. To feed, we have only to fold the quilt over, 

 when with a tea-pot we pour the feed into the hole in the 

 top-bar. If a honey-board is used, there must be a hole in 

 this just above the hole in the division-board feeder. In 

 either case, no bees can escape, the heat is confined, and our 

 division-board feeder is but little more expensive than a di- 

 vision-board alone. 



Some apiarists prefer a quart tin can with finely perforated 

 cover. This is filled with liquid, the cover put on, and the 

 whole quickly inverted and set above a hole in the quilt. 

 Owing to the pressure of the air, the liquid will not descend 

 so rapidly that the bees cannot sip it up. 



Many other styles of feeders are in use, as the '■' Simplici- 

 ty" and " Boss," but I have yet to see one that in all respects 

 equals the one figured and described above. 



The best time to feed is just at night-fall. In this case the 

 feed will be carried away before the next day, and the danger 

 to weak colonies from robbing is not so great. 



In feeding during the cold days of April, all should be 

 close above the bees to economize the heat. In all feeding, 

 care is requisite that we may not spill the feed about the 

 apiary, as this may, and very generally will, induce robbing. 



