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AN EASY METHOD OF 
dripping, — and the bees will store the honey 
in the lower apartment of the hive, if done 
while the weather is warm. 
The apiarian should use the same precau- 
tion in feeding, as directed in Rule 4, to 
prcv.ent robberies. 
REMARKS. 
The best time to feed is in the fall, before 
cold weather commences. All hives should 
be weighed, and the weight marked on the 
hive before bees are hived in them. Then, 
by weighing a stock as soon as frost has 
killed the blossoms in the fall, the apiarian 
will be able to form a just estimate of their 
necessities. \Vhen bees are fed in the fall, 
they will carry up and deposit their food in 
such a manner as will be convenient for them 
in the winter. 
If feeding is neglected until cold weather, 
the bees must be removed to a warm room, 
or dry cellar, and then they will carry up their 
food, generally, no faster than they consume it. 
A feeder should be made like a box with 
five sides closed, leaving a part of the sixth 
side open, to admit the bees from their com- 
mon entrance with its Iloor level, when hitch- 
