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MANUAL OF TUE APIARY. 



WHAT TO FEED. 



For this purpose I would feed coffee A sugar, reduced to 

 the consistency of honey, or else extracted honey kept over 

 from the previous year. The price of the latter will decide 

 which is the most profitable. Honey, too, that has been 

 drained or forced out of cappings, etc., is good, and only good 

 to feed. Many advise feeding the poorer grades of sugar in 

 spring. My own experience liiakes me question the policy of 

 ever using such feed for bees. The policy, too, of feeding 

 glucose I much question. In all feeding, unless extracted 

 honey is what we are using, we cannot exercise too great care 

 that such feed is not carried to the surplus boxes. Only let 



Fig. 54. 



Division-Board Feeder. 



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



our customers once taste sugar in their comb-honey, and not 

 only is our own reputation gone, but the whole fraternity is 

 injured. In case we wish to have our combs in the sections 

 fillpd or capped, we must feed extracted honey, which may 

 often be done with great advantage. 



HOW TO FEED. 



The requisites of a good feeder are : Cheapness, a forni to 

 admit quick feeding, to permit no loss of heat, and so ar- 

 ranged that we can feed without in any way disturbing the 

 bees. The feeder (Fig. 54) which I have used with the best 



