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know how they came in the jars, when to all appearance, 
it was a physical impossibility. I would like to give a 
positive answer, but cannot. I will offer a theory, how- 
ever, which is original, and therefore open to criticism. 
If there is any better solution of the problem, I would be 
glad to hear it. From the 1st of June until late in the 
fall, the moth may be found around our hives, active at 
night but quiet by day. Her only object, probably, is to 
find a suitable place to deposit her eggs, where her young 
may have food. If no proper and convenient place is 
found, she will be content with such as she can find. The 
eggs must be deposited somewhere, and she leaves them 
in the cracks of the hive, in the dust at the bottom, or out- 
side as near the entrance as she dare approach. The bees 
running over them may accidentally attach one or more 
to their fect or bodies, and carry them among the combs 
where they will be left tohatch. It is not at all probable 
that the moth ever passed through the hive, among the 
bees, to deposit her eggs in the jars before mentioned. 
Had these jars been left on the hive, not a larve would 
have ever defaced a comb; because, when the bees are 
numerous, each one is removed as soon as it commences 
its work of destruction—that is, when it works on the 
surface, as it does in the boxes. By taking off these jars, 
and removing the bees, all the eggs that happened to be 
there had a fair chance.” 
SUGGESTIONS FOR SECURING CHOICE SPECIMENS OF 
HONEY. 
It is often desirable to secure some very choice speci- 
mens of honey, for exhibition or other special purposes. 
As the suggestions given will also indicate some points 
that will be useful in general practice, they may be of 
value to all beginners. The first consideration is to select 
atime when that class of blossoms which produces the 
