| First, cut away the small parts attached across the square openings as shown at right. You will need a sharp knife. |
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| Here is the feeder with the small parts cut away. What happens is that the bees climb up
from the hive in the large opening, climb over the wall, and climb down into one of the
8 narrow areas, down to the level of the liquid feed. Drop a few wooden matches down each of the 8 narrow areas to act as floats for any bees that slip when climbing down to the liquid feed. This will keep them from getting soaked. |
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| Note the square openings with the slots in front. |  |
| The small H-shaped plastic parts slide into the slots. You may need to push them into place with a screwdriver, pliers, or butterknife. Two slide in on each side. When placed with the small legs downward, these keep the bees from entering the "swimming pool" area if the level of feed gets low. If feeding (dry) pollen or pollen subsitutes, one removes these parts and inserts them with the longer legs pointing down, allowing the bees to enter the "pool" area and take pollen. The feeder is intended to allow one to feed both wet and dry feeds at the same time, one on each side of the feeder. |  |
| Here is one of the translucent plastic shields being slid into place. These keep the bees from getting into the feeder. |  |
| Here are both shields in place. |  |
| This shows the round plug part, and the knock out that it would replace. The idea here was (apparently) to allow more bees to enter the "pool" area to collect pollen or pollen supplement. We do not suggest knocking out the knock-outs ever, as the bees can use the center entrance, and this just looks like a leak point just waiting to happen. |  |