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A Modern Bee-Farm 



pressure, and with a sudden rise of temperature the expansion 

 causes much waste of syrup. The syrup has usually been boiled 

 when prepared for this class of feeder, but for my own use I have 

 large cylinders on the self-acting feeder principle which reduce 

 about 2 cwt. of loaf sugar at a time, the syrup being drawn oft 

 by a treacle valve at the bottom. The syrup-can illustrated will 

 also be found suitable for smaller quantities. 



Simplicity Feeder. 



Raynor Feeder. 



A very simple feeder is one adopted by myself some years 

 since when using frames i6 inches by lo inches. Good sound 

 wood is selected, and plain boards fastened on each side of a 

 frame of any desired width. Put the nails in rather close together 

 and paint all joints with white lead before making up. The top 

 bar is f-inch thick with projections reduced to f -inch. This is 

 secured by four screws so that it can be removed for cleaning. 

 The syrup is poured in at the circular hole, after turning back the 

 quilt, and the bees go in by a . slot on the side ; no float is 

 needed. 



In many apiaries feeding is seldom resorted to, but there are 

 times of dearth when valuable colonies would be utterly ruined, 

 were it not for the timely assistance rendered by the owner — 

 assistance that sooner or later is repaid a hundredfold. 



Of course if feeding is absolutely necessary after the surplus 

 receptacles have once been occupied, it must be simply from 

 " hand to mouth," that nothing be stored in supers ; while it may 

 even be desirable to remove such entirely, replacing them when 

 better times put in an appearance. 



