At 05:21 AM 8/4/96 +0000, you wrote: >Is anybody on this list familiar with hive top feeders. They work best >for me. >Regards , Doug Henry. > Hi Doug I considered hive top feeders and had planed to buy some to try. The thing that bothered me about them was that you still had to use a float to keep bees from drowning. In the past with division board feeders I have had problems with floats getting water logged and sinking. I really hated to open a hive and fine the surface of the feeder covered with drowned bees. With the baggie feeder the have to lick up the syrup trough slits cut in the bag. I have seen the bees enter the bag when it was virtually empty and lick the inside. This only occurs when the bag collapses in a manner which leaves a wrinkle. Also to use the baggie feeder, you don't have to buy another feeder. An empty super works just as well. Frank Humphrey [log in to unmask]