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In spring it is necessary that the moisture of the hive be 

 retained by placing American oilcloth next above the frames and 

 plenty of warm material above that. All that is required is that 

 the air does not become too dry, and then the sugar will attract 

 moisture to itself. If so little covering is placed above the non- 

 porous cloth that condensation takes place, the sugar is used up 

 too rapidly and the queen crowded out ; especially as the tempera- 

 ture is reduced enough that the brood nest cannot be extended. 



The feeders are placed as an ordinary frame at the outside of 

 the brood nest and the bees allowed only so many combs that 

 they are crowded into them. 



Another very serviceable frame 

 feeder I have in use holds 9 or 10 lbs., ^^^^e=-_ 



and is 3 inches across inside. The ^^^ ! ■ . 



bottom is simply a sheet of finely ^^*^ fj 



perforated tin placed in an arched ^- * 



form, so that the bees may cluster 

 under and appropriate the sugar t^ /• ,. t^ 



^ ■• ° Diy-reedmg Dummy. 



through the perforations. 



^^-^ 



Champion Frame Syrup Feeder. 

 Syrup Feeders 



used in my own apiaries dispense with the tedious process of pre- 

 paration by cooking as hitherto carried out. 



If a stock happens to be very short of stores in spring, I find 

 it best to give a feed of syrup to put the bees in good heart, and 

 then follow with the dry sugar. In autumn, when surplus recep- 

 tacles are removed, it is generally too early to finish off feeding all 



