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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
at C, and the passage-way [e) not interfered with. 
The advantages of this division-board feeder over others 
lie in the ease with which any defect in the float, 
the amount of syrup contained, &c., may be seen at 
once, while the vessel can, as before stated, be lifted 
out for washing and returned immediately. For dry- 
sugar feeding I prefer it to Mr. Simmins’ pattern, 
(page 395), because the dry sugar can be poured in, 
and its condition watched while the feeder remains 
in the hive. 
A division-board feeder somewhat like the fore- 
going, but without the tin vessel, and made syrup- 
tight either by accurate carpentry, and keeping the 
grain of the sides and ends horizontal, or by painting 
carefully within with very hot wax, can be converted 
into a very simple feeder by adding a thin partition 
jin. from the front, and fitting loosely, so that the 
bees cannot get behind it, although the syrup may pass 
round its edges. This is poured in behind, and the 
bees take it at its surface, holding on to the partition 
or the front while feeding. The feeder may be 
made of any width, and provided with any number 
of partitions, about jin. apart. Pouring the syrup 
over the backs of the insects as they stand feeding 
will save time, and rarely cause any to drown. 
This principle is most usually applied where very 
large feeders covering, possibly, the whole top of the 
hive, or occupying an under storey in tiering hives, 
are used to give wintering stores in the shortest 
possible space of time. Thin partitions, which it is 
not quite safe to have more than 4in. apart, stand 
out of the syrup. In those used above, the bees 
