[SeaCucumber]

Feeders would be easier to learn and talk about if they were better categorized. More categories or better names would help.

Feeder types:

- common names:

1. open: Eating is outside the hive.
   
2. inverted: Syrup is fed at the bottom and held in by a vacuum.
   
3. bag
   

- names I made up:

1. closed: not an open feeder
   
2. top entrance: Bees feed above the syrup on floats or ladders.
   

 

[Oldtimer]

[*]top: Bees feed above the syrup on floats or ladders.
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The word top feeder is already in use to describe a feeder that goes on top of the hive.

 

[little_john]

Posting (or linking to) a picture usually removes any ambiguity of terms which are already understood by most people.
LJ

 

[Oldtimer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59JsTEOkH8o

 

[SeaCucumber]

Thanks Oldtimer + LJ.