302 A Modern Bee-Farm 



as the most destructive to bee-life where all the points to 

 be considered are not well understood. 



, During the Spring 



nothing of the kind should be allowed until the population 

 of the hives has been largely renewed by young bees, and 

 then with due care in placing the feeding apparatus in a 

 warm sheltered corner, the result will be remarkable. 



At least double the usual quantity of water must be 

 added to the syrup and the feeders placed some distance 

 from the apiary, that robbing may not be induced. 



In the Autumn 



out-door feeding should not be carried on later than 

 September, and if the supply can be kept warm all the 

 time, it will be a decided advantage. No more bees-will 

 then be lost than are old and that will be quite useless, 

 and in any case would hardly live to help winter their 

 colony, while the stores are arranged in the best possible 

 position, and sufficient young bees are brought into 

 existence to place the hives in good condition for Winter. 

 It is some twenty years since I first practised this kind 

 of feeding, and having tried nearly every way that could 

 be thought of, I have found the 



Most suitable Feeders for the purpose 



to be large glass or other jars, with porous cloths tied 

 over the mouths, and inverted. Any number of these can 

 be used, turning them down over boards with circular 

 openings cut out, that they may be held in a suspended 

 position. Float feeders and other similar arrangements 

 are sure to go wrong, causing many deaths, but with the 

 above, all is clean, there can be no daubing, and empty 



