Can be used for both liquid and solid food. For liquid food, it is used with the transparent plastic bell art.QI C97. For solid food, it is used without a bell by directly laying the bag of candy paste instead of the bell, or in case, you use loose candy paste, you place it inside the feeder always without a bell. To close the feeder, the polystyrene lid of the 'Beehive is used. The electrowelded sheet metal cover art. QI T31 covers the feeder to cover the beehive preventing any water infiltration.