161 SPRING. 



recommend this as the honest course. Neither do 1 

 think it would be very profitable, feeding to this 

 extent, under any circumstances. I have a few times 

 had some boxes nearly finished and fit for market at 

 the end of the honey season ; a little more added 

 would make them answer. I have then fed a few 

 pounds of good honej', but always found that several 

 pounds had to be given the bees to get one in the boxes. 



CHAPTEE X. 



DESTRUCTIOK OF WORMS. 



I SHALL not give a full history of the moth in this 

 chapter, as spring is not the time they are most destruc- 

 tive. It will be farther noticed under the head of 

 Enemies of Bees. But as this is a duty belonging to 

 spring, a partial history seems necessary. 



As soop as the bees commence their labors, the 

 worms are generally ready to begin theirs. 



SOME IN THE EBST STOCKS. 



You will probably find some in your best stocks ; 

 but don't be frightened ; this is not the season when 

 they often destroy your stocks, yet they injure them 

 some. 



» portion would be given to the Lrood, and possibly the old beeg 

 might not always refrain from sipping a little of the tempting nectar. 

 Why not, when the compound was ready, — ^instead of wasting it by 

 this process, — put it directly in market ? Or, is it necessary to have 

 it in the combs to help p^cholog^e the consumer into the belief that 

 it is honey of a pure quality f 



