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week keep them fed, and let them out only in the edge of the 

 evening, affording them no time to wander. If found neces- 

 sary to strengthen them in their new home, feed the contents 

 of the old hive to them, or supply them freely otherwise. 



The following arrangement might perhaps prevent the depre- 

 dations of the enemy. Place the stand for your hive upon a 

 single centre pillar, and take care that it is no larger than the 

 hive, except a small projection in front of the entrance ; put an 

 apron of tin entirely around it, extending an inch or two be- 

 low the edge ; let it spread upon and cover the small " door- 

 step" of the hive. Close even the minutest crevices all around 

 with grafting composition No. 3, and whenever there is pecul- 

 iar risk of injury from the insects, fit to the door of the hive a 

 slide of woven wire, to be closed every evening during the moth 

 season. 



MOLES. 



Much injury sometimes results from the running of moles in 

 a garden, particularly in light soils, but they also do good in 

 the destruction of various insects inhabiting the soil, often more 

 than counterbalancing their injuries. If they become too nu- 

 merous, they may be caught with a hoe or hook, if watched for 

 at their ordinary meal-times, morning, noon, and evening. 

 Sometimes they are caught in a small twitch-up trap. There 

 are also various patent traps for the purpose, which are more or 

 less efficient. A clergyman in New Jersey has recently in- 

 vented a spiked dead-fall trap, which is said to be unusually 

 effective. 



It is stated that pieces of salt codfish put into their runs, or 

 castor-beans planted here and there in the garden, will drive 

 them away. Any of these expedients may be tried, if thought 

 worth while. 



