THE APIARY. 
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(Fig. 99) consists of two thin boards, with an 
inch interspace, accommodating a tin vessel capable 
of holding three pints, or about 41b., of syrup. The 
partition (/>) is returned above in the partial cover 
(c), which permits of the quilt being turned back 
sufficiently to fill at fh without any bees escaping — 
the top bar being widened at w, so as to meet the 
next frame. The partition does not reach the bottom, 
an opening of -iin. being left, through which the syrup, 
f tl' 
Fig. 99.— Division-board Feeder (Scale, i). 
A, Longitudinal Section, showing Interior— /7i, Filling-Hole ; fl. Perforated 
Float ; sy, Syrup ; p. Partition. B, Top View— a, n, Nails. C, Section through 
line a h—yt, Quilt ; other Letterings as before. 
as indicated by the arrow, passes beneath the float, 
which, rising, gives the bees ample standing, without 
sullying any of them. They drink up the food through 
the perforations the float carries. The top bar (td) is 
so cut away that the tin vessel can be lifted in and 
out of the division -board, which acts as its case, while 
the bees have entrance given to them between i and 2 j 
where flat-headed nails are driven at intervals into the 
side board, so that the quilt is supported, as shown 
