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Winter Feeding. 



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this the food is poured when feeding, which makes 

 unnecessary to have the wire gauze above or to smear 

 the top when feeding as in case of the Smith feeder. 



Heddon Feeder. 



The vertical partitions except the one next to the space 

 where the food is added do not run quite to the board 

 which covers the feeder, and so the bees can pass into 

 all the spaces except where we pour in the food. No 

 partition except the one next to the space where the 

 bees pass to and from the hive runs quite to the bottom. 

 So the food will pass readily from one space to the 

 other, and will always be equally high in all. 



Mr. D. A. Jones and many others with tight bottom 

 boards use no feeder, but turn the' feed right into the 

 hive. Even had I such hives I think I should still pre- 

 fer to use such a feeder as that just described. 



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 



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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. 

 If, through neglect, the bees are found to be destitute of stores 

 in mid-winter, it is not best to feed liquid food, bu t sol id food, 

 like the Vialfon candy or the Lrood mixture'oT'honev and" 

 sugar, which will be described under the head of shipping, 

 queens. Cakes of either of these should be placed on the 

 names above the cluster of bees. - 



