BEE CULTURE, 81 
totally unfit for feeding bees. To stimulate in the spring, 
one-half of a pound per day is all-sufficient for a colony. 
For feeding inside the hive the division-board feeder (fig. 
51) may be used to advantage. It was devised by Prof. 
Cook, who describes it thus: “The top bar of this division- 
board feeder (fig. 51) is two inches wide ; from the upper cen- 
tral portion, beneath the top-bar, a rectangular piece the size 
of an oyster-can is replaced with an oyster-can (@), after the 
top of the latter has been removed. A vertical piece of wood 
(p) is fitted into the can so as to separate a space about one- 
inch square, on one side from the balance of the chamber. 
This piece does not reach quite to the bottom of the can, 
there being a one-eighth inch space beneath. In the top-bar 
there is an opening (E) just above the smaller space below. 
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Fie. 51.—Division-Board Bee Feeder. 
In the larger space is a wooden float (F) full of holes. On 
one side, opposite the larger chamber of the can, a half-inch 
piece of the top (c) is cut off, so that the bees can pass 
between the can and top-bar on to the float, where they can 
sip the feed. The feed is turned into the hole in the top-bar 
(£), and without touching a bee, passes down under the ver- 
tical strip (D) and raises the float (Fr). The can may be 
tacked to the board at the ends near the top. Two or three 
tacks through the can into the vertical piece (D) will hold 
the latter firmly in place; or the top-bar may press on the 
vertical piece so that it cannot move. Crowding a narrow 
