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or the division board or bottle feeder filled with the 
same. 
The rapid evaporation in the hot season incident 
to the continuous inflow of fresh air then needed, 
obliges the bees to be at work early in the morning 
gathering the dew with which to thin the food required 
by the multitudinous grubs. The wise bee-master 
would not leave his bees to search out their own 
watering-place, or they may learn to depend upon 
some intermittent supply, and when that fails many 
will be lost, both at home and abroad. For small 
apiaries, the earthenware fountain (A, Fig. 100) will 
be suitable. The water-chamber (wc) is inverted 
and filled, when the drinking-stage is placed upon it, 
and both are turned over together. The water fills 
the grooves, from which the bees may drink in safety. 
The bottle fountain (B) is similarly managed. The 
stage consists of a thick board, about a foot square, 
into which grooves are cut, :jin. deep and wide ; 
these may be placed as near to each other as the 
bee-keeper desires. Either of these appliances is 
available for syrup, for open-air feeding, as indicated 
at page 390. 
For larger apiaries, tanks provided with floats, or 
having gently sloping sides, would be desirable, unless 
some natural supply render the arrangement unneces- 
sary. Mr. William Raitt has, in a sheltered spot, a 
shallow tank, containing spent tea leaves, to which 
water is from time to time added. I have never tried 
it, but the name is a sufficient recommendation. 
Two warnings seem desirable. First: Do not pro- 
vide the bees with water and, when they have learnt 
