THE BOOK OF BEE-KEEPING. 



Lee and Son's Queen- 

 excluder Zinc. 



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a bee sieve. It is getting into disfavour with some persons as 

 it is found to impede the workers' passage into the sections or 

 supers. The object of using it is that the queen may not 

 deposit her eggs in the supers. Where very large supers 

 (non-sectional) are used, or where back-supering is practised, 

 it is imperative that it should be used. In the first place, if a 



queen should happen to ascend 

 into a large super (non-sectional) 

 it is spoilt, but in a section-rack 

 the section or sections spoilt can 

 be easily removed and the portion 

 visited by the queen cut out, the 

 section being then returned again 

 to the hive to be repaired. Our 

 advice is not to use it under sec- 

 tions. Where it is necessary to 

 use it, always place it with the 

 burr side turned towards the en- 

 trance ; the holes being punched, 

 there is, in consequence, a burr on one side, which acts as a 

 trap for any bees dying in the super if the zinc is not placed 

 on properly, the removal of them being prevented by their arti- 

 culations catching in this burr. 



59. Teeders. — There are so many descriptions of bee- 

 feeders now before the bee-keeping public, that a description 

 of all would be a task of some magnitude; we will, therefore, 

 choose two which have been found to be all that can be desired. 

 First is the regulating bottle-feeder. This should be in the 

 hands of every bee-keeper, as by 

 its means a hive can be fed as 

 slowly and almost as quickly as 

 desired. It consists of a stage, made 

 in two parts, having a hole about 

 ziin. in diameter in each; between 

 these a zinc diaphragm is placed, 

 having a slot cut half way round, 

 and corresponding with several 

 small holes in a metal cap covering 

 the mouth of an inverted bottle ; 

 attached to this cap is an index. 

 The stage is numbered from o to 9. „ ... d j.,, j- . 

 When it is desired to feed slowly, Rogulatmg Bottle-feeder. 

 this index is pointed at No. I ; this allows only one of the holes 

 in the metal cap to be exposed ; by turning it to No. 9, nine holes 

 are uncovered ; or by shifting it to o feeding is stopped. With 

 this feeder it is impossible for the bees to be able to sting 

 you. When it is desired — as in the case of driven bees placed 



