Other Modern Appliances. 



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Autumn Food for Bees. 



White lump cane sugar, . . 10 lbs. 



S pints. 



Water, .... 

 Vinegar, .... 

 Naphthol beta solution No. i, 

 Salt, ..... 



Boil for a few minutes. 



I oz. 

 \ oz. 

 \ oz. 



Fig. 22. 



There are various kinds of feeders. Bottle feeders 

 (fig. 22) are very much used. A bottle is specially 

 made with a metal cap which screws on to the bottle. 

 The cap has several holes and an index finger. If the 

 finger points to i the bees can only feed through one 

 hole ; if it points to 2, through two holes, and so on. 

 Sometimes these bottles leak, and without very careful 

 usage they are more or less messy, and other kinds 



