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Title: follow-up "a few bees found dead in feeder"
Post by: stinger27 on October 03, 2005, 01:36:23 AM

Here is my Homemade feeder made from a jello mold. (http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid189/p75532af60ed4958e4bcde664cfca5350/f20b11a6.jpg)
It holds about a quart.
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid189/p8dcbac5ea7b3be5333328a42712de443/f20b1173.jpg)
Here it is without the cover. Let me know what you guys think.

Title: follow-up "a few bees found dead in feeder"
Post by: Michael Bush on October 03, 2005, 07:57:28 AM

I'd minimize the space between the mold and the bowl as much as possible. The Rapid Feeder, which I assume this is loosely modeled off of, has only room for one bee to crawl down to the syrup all the way around. In other words 1/4" space between the "cup" and the center riser. There is no reason you can't make the center piece any size you want out of hardware cloth.

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