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THB bek-kbbpbr's guide ; 



SMITH FBBDBR. 



This feeder (Fig. 127) is larger than the Shuck — I make 

 them eight by twelve inches — and is covered all over with wire 

 gauze (Fig. 127, a), which is raised by the wooden rim so that 

 the bees can pass readily over the partitions (Fig. 127). The 

 central saw-cuts (Fig. 127) do not reach the end of the feeder, 

 so there is a platform left (Fig. 127, b) through which a hole 

 (Fig. 127, c) is made. This rests above a hole in the cloth 



Fig. 127. 





Smith Bee-Feeder. — OngitmJ. 



below, and is the door through which the bees reach the feed. 

 When in position just above the bees it may be covered by a 

 shingle or piece of pasteboard, to prevent daubing the cloth or 

 cushion, and all by the chaff cushion. To feed, we have only 

 to raise the cushion and the pasteboard, and turn the food 

 through the gauze. No bees can get out, there is no disturb- 

 ance, no danger from the robbers, and we can feed at any 

 time, and can feed very rapidly if desired. I like this feeder 

 the best of any I have ever tried. I make them out of two-inch 

 plank. 



The Heddon feeder (Fig. 128) is much the same in princi- 

 ple as the Smith, and has all the advantages. It is the size of 

 a section-crate, and so holds many pounds. The figure makes 

 it plain. The spaces in this are not saw-cuts, but are formed 

 by thin boards nailed in a box vertically, and a space on one 

 or both sides (Fig. 128) does not connect with the food reser- 

 voir, but serves as a passage-way for the bees from hive to 



