Customizable Top Bar Hive internal jar feeder

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I designed this to fit snugly inside a TBH up against the follower board. It's specifically tailored for hives with a standard 30-degree angle, which is what most TBHs have. The slot allows you to slide in some #8 hardware cloth to keep bees from escaping when refilling the feeder jar. To print this design, use a .3 resolution and set it to 4 layers on top and bottom, with 3 shells and a 5% infill of 3D honeycomb patterns. Make sure to orient the opening side facing up on the bed, without any supports. You can find the original design on Thingiverse at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3126333. I added some shims to this design so you can match the height of pre-existing feeder holes in your follower board and still use the lower profile TBHfeeder3.stl file. The shim file, TBHfeederShim.stl, is specifically designed for an opening that's 33mm above the bottom with a width of 106mm across the bottom of the hive.