4. I subjoin in the Appendix a letter* from an intelligent and care- 

 ful observer, who has given much attention to Bees. His apiary is 

 beautiful. The bee moth is to be guarded against by making the 

 crevices of the hive tight with putty or glue ; and then it is said the 

 bees v/ill defend the common entrance. Others recommend, that 

 the hive should be daily lifted up and the bottom swept, that the 

 millers and their deposits may be brushed away. A gentleman at 

 Northampton, whose agricultural skill and intelligence deserve the 

 highest respect, says, that he has found an effectual security against 

 the bee moth by placing his hive in a bee-chamber above the floor, 

 on slats or stakes so as to leave the bottom open and exposed. The 

 moth then is not able to make a lodgment ; or his webs, if he forms 

 them, may be easily seen and removed. 



MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. 



L Sun Flower for Oil. Some few years since an attempt 

 was made in the northern part of the county to cuiiivate the common 

 sunflower for the purpose of expressing the oil. Fifty cents a bush- 

 el were promised to farmers who should raise it. It was unsuccess- 

 ful. The cultivation was more expensive than that of Indian corn. 

 Twenty bushels were the largest crop I could hear of to the acre ; 

 but this was an inferior crop. Owing to imperfect machinery or 

 want of skill, one gallon of oil, valued at ^1.17, was all that was 

 obtained from six bushels of seed. 



II. Beet-Sugar. A few pounds of beet Sugar, the first, pro- 

 bably made in New England, were made this year in Salem by 

 Pickering Dodge. It was well grained and of a good quality. He 

 has been kind enough to furnish me with a detailed account of the 

 process ; but, as it was a first experiment, and the apparatus for the 

 manufacture, of an imperfect description, and such as could be got 

 at the time, I deem it unnecessary to give any further statement, 

 until I come to report more fully on the whole subject. 



* Appendix I. 



