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can, a half-inch piece of the top (Fig. 73, c) is cut off, so that 

 the bees can pass between the can and top-bar on to the float, 

 where they can sip the feed. The feed is turned into the hole 

 in the top-bar (Fig. 73, e), and without touching a bee, passes 

 down under the vertical strip (Fig. 73, d) and raises the float 

 (Fig. 73, /). The can may be tacked to the board at the ends 

 near the top. Two or three tacks through the can into the 

 vertical piece (Fig. 73, d) will hold the latter firmly in place ; 

 or the top-bar may press on the vertical piece so that it cannot 

 move. Crowding a narrow piece pf woolen cloth between the 

 can and board, and nailing a similar strip around the beveled 

 edge of the division-board, makes all snug. The objection to 



Division-Board Feeder. 



Lower part of the face of the can'removed, to show float, etc. 



this feeder is that it can not be placed just above the cluster of 

 bees. On very cold days in spring the bees can not reach 

 their food in any other position. The feeder is placed at the 

 end of the brood-chamber, 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 division-board alone. 

 Some apiarists prefer ji quart can with finely perforated 

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



