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facilities to raise it with, when the pan is to be filled with syrup. The 
pan is made of tin, and about six inches square, and two inches high. 
The float should nearly fill the pan, leaving no space for the bees to 
get down between the edges and the pan. I shall give a description 
of another kind of feeder, when I come to speak of my hives. A 
composition for feeding that will answer every purpose may be made 
of the following articles, viz. :— 
Ist. 2 lbs, West India or Orleans sugar. 
3 gills ale. 
1 gill Malaga wine. 
(If the ale and wine cannot be had, use sap or water.) 
1 tea-spoonful fine salt. 
Mix together in a tin or copper vessel; set it over a slow fire; stir 
occasionally until it arrives to a boiling point; set it off, and let it 
cool, remove the scum, and it is fit for use. 
2d. 1 gallon (or 12 lbs.) of West India or any other honey. 
4 lbs. West India or Orleans sugar. 
1 gal. maple sap or water. 
$ pint ale. 
2 table-spoonsful fine salt. 
Heat and mix as above. 
N. B. The above may be made witheut the ale by using water. 
CHAPTER XXVIII. 
WAX MADE FROM HONEY. 
Many bee-keepers are not prepared to believe that the combs are 
made from honey, or that the honey and combs are both produced 
from the same materials ; but on this point I have not the least doubt, 
for from my experiments in feeding, both in my observatory hive, and 
in my combination hive, I am confident that whatever will produce 
honey will also produce wax. 
The following experiment of Huber is to the point: he says, “The 
existence of the organs before described, and the scales seen under 
