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inclined board -and allowing the syrup to drop through a per- 

 forated vessel held about a foot above the combs. They should 

 be hung up for a time after being filled, till there is no drip 

 from them, before being placed in the hives. Another kind, 

 for hanging in the hive, answers the purpose of a division board 

 at the same time. A simple but at the same time a very useful 

 feeder can be made out of an empty broad frame by nailing 

 three bottom bars lengthwise in the centre of it, so as to form 



Kg. 92.— GREY'S ENTRANCE FEEDER. 



a trough. Grey's feeder, for placing across the entrance to the 

 hive, is shown in Fig. 92 ; it can also be used inside like the 

 " Simplicity." Any or all of these feeders can be purchased 

 for a small sum from hive manufacturers, and it is the better 

 way for those who wish to make their own to buy one to serve 

 as a pattern. An ingenious person will find many things that 

 he can utilise as feeders. All wooden feeders should be given a 

 thin coating of hot wax before being used, to keep them clean 

 and prevent them absorbing the syrup. 



Rule. 



" See that your bees are never short of eood. : 



