82 BEE CULTURE. 
piece of woolen cloth between the can and board, and nailing 
a similar strip around the beveled edge of the division-board, 
makes all snug. The feeder is placed at the end of the 
brood-chamber and the top-bar covered by the quilt. To feed, 
we have only to fold the quilt over, when, with a tea-pot, we 
pour the feed into the hole in the top-bar. If a honey board 
is used, there must be a hole in this just above the hole in 
the division-board feeder. In either case, no bees can escape, 
the heat is confined, and our division-board feeder is but lit- 
tle more expensive than a division-board alone. The best 
time to fecd is just at nightfall. In this case the feed will 
be carried away before the next day, and the danger to weak 
colonies from robbing is not so great.” 
Shuck’s Bee Feeder (fig. 52) feeds at the entrance, any time 
in the day, without danger from robber, as the food can be 
Fie. 52.—Shuck’s Bee Feeder. 
reached only from the inside of the hive; it is placed on the 
alighting board, with the side (D) nearly covering the entrance. 
In the engraving, the top is cut away to show the wood divisions 
(A A) in the feed-cup ; the food is poured into it without re- 
moving, through the hole (c), which is covered with wire- 
cloth. When done the cap (B) is closed over it, making all 
tight. 
QUIETING AND HANDLING BEES. 
The bee sting is composed of three distinct parts, of which 
the sheath forms one. These three parts join near the edges, 
and form a tube which, viewed sectionally, has the shape of 
a triangle, the angles being rounded off. 
The other two parts constitute the sting proper, and in a 
sectional view are semi-circular (fig. 53, A), the upper edges 
being thicker than the lower ones, and squared to each other, 
one of the edges having a projection extending along the 
