Jim Moore wrote:
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>         From my experience 2 or 3 short parallel cuts about 2 inches in length
> is sufficient.
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>         If you make the feeding area too big the weight of the feeding bees
> tends to cause the baggie to leak. Also slits that are too long tend to
> compromise the bags abiltiy to hold the syrup.
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>         I think some of the early reports of the bees taking the syrup really
> fast were due to lots of bees on top of the baggie causing the syrup to leak
> and then just run out the entrance. This can be avoid by keeping the slits
> shorter.
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>         I really like the baggie feeders as they don't suffer from leaking that
> inverted pails suffer from when the air inside warms and expands. The only down
> side is that for feeding with cool temperatures the bees have to leave the
> warmth of the hive to get to the top of the baggie. This is not the case for
> pails inverted over the hole of the inner cover.
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>         Regards,
>
>                 Jim Moore
 
        Hello
        I also us the baggies but with only one slit about 2 inches long.  But
I can reuse the baggie by just refilling it without any trouble.
                                Ken Lawrence