BEE-KEEPERS’ REQUISITES a7 
the patentee claims that more workers can 
pass through it than is possible with the old 
type. 
Feeders.—There are many varieties of feeders 
in use among bee-keepers, and to attempt to 
give a description of them all would occupy 
far too much space. It would, moreover, be 
unnecessary, for, after all, the method of feeding 
is one to be decided by the bee-keeper’s own 
convenience and resources. Several feeders 
are on the market to meet the requirements 
of quick feeding; these are made either of 
tin or wood and include the “float feeders’’ 
and the Canadian pattern, both of which find 
considerable favour. Another type covers the 
so-called ‘‘slow feeders,’ in which the supply 
can be regulated by turning the food vessel 
round to allow a larger or smaller quantity 
of food to escape at the option of the bee- 
keeper. 
A cheap and serviceable feeder may be made 
by filling a glass jam jar or pickle bottle with 
syrup and stretching a piece of bleached calico 
over the top and tying it securely round the 
neck. The jar is then placed in an inverted 
position over the feed-hole of the hive. 
Should the syrup escape too quickly another 
thickness of calico can be added. Glass jars 
