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inclined board and allowing the syrup to drop through a per- 
forated vessel held about a foot above the combs. They should 
be hung up fora time after being filled, till there 1s no drip 
from them, before being placed in the hives. Another kind, 
for hanging in the hive, answers the purpose of a division board 
at the same time. A simple but at the same time a very useful 
feeder can be made out of an empty broad frame by nailing 
three bottom bars lengthwise in the centre of it, so as to form 
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a trough. Grey’s feeder, for placing across the entrance to the 
hive, is shown in Fig. 92; it can also be used inside like the 
“Simplicity.” Any or all of these feeders can be purchased 
for a small sum from hive manufacturers, and it is the better 
way for those who wish to make their own to buy one to serve 
as a pattern. An ingenious person will find many things that 
he can utilise as feeders. All wooden feeders should be given a 
thin coating of hot wax before being used, to keep them clean 
and prevent them absorbing the syrup. 
fRULE. 
“SEE THAT YOUR BEES ARE NEVER SHORT OF FOOD.” 
