104 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



make good joists. Nail firmly together; take some 

 melted beeswax and rosin, give it a good coating 

 inside, being careful to run all the joists full ; which 

 will prevent it from leaking, and emits no unpleasant 

 odor or taste to the syrup. This should be supplied 

 with a float similar to the one described for using in 

 the pans, only in size it should correspond with the 

 box. The box should be set on blocks or stools, a 

 few rods from the apiary, and covered to protect it 

 from hot sun and rain, but open all around, so the 

 bees can have free access to it from every side. The 

 syrup can be poured into this daily, as required. 



The only safe and proper manner of feeding bees, 

 is to commence when there is but little honey abroad. 

 Feed but little at first, increasing daily until you 

 have reached the amount you wish to feed per day, 

 then continue to feed with the same certainty and 

 regularity that you observe in taking your meals. 

 Always feed at the same hour of the day, if possible, 

 and continue to do so until you find there is a supply 

 of honey in the flowers abroad, when the feed 

 should be slacked off by degrees, and finally stopped. 



THE IMPORTANCE OP FEEDING BEES CONSIDERED. 



Very few even of our most skillful apiarians seem 

 to be aware of the advantages to be derived from 

 judicious feeding, when the weather is warm and 

 favorable for bees to build comb and rear brood. I 

 apprehend that few have fairly tested it, hence, some 

 of our best writers rather discourage bee-keepers 

 from feeding to any great extent. 



