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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 

 liive, 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 sp:|'ead 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 dming the moth 

 season. 



MOLES. 



Much injm'y 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 pm'pose, 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 miusually 

 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 bo tried, if thought 

 worth while. 



