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as in the boxes of honey — in breeding combs, they get 

 in the centre and are more difficult to remove. By 

 taking off these jars and removing the bees, it gave all 

 the eggs that happened to be there a fair chance. Many 

 writers finding the combs undisturbed when left on 

 the hive till cold weather, recommend that as the only 

 safe way, preferring to have the combs a little darker, 

 than the risk of being destroyed by the worms. But 

 I object to dark combs, and leaving the boxes will ef- 

 fectually prevent empty ones taking their places, which 

 are necessary to get all the profits. I will offer a few 

 more remarks in favor of my theory, and then give my 

 remedy for the worms. I have found in all hives where 

 the bees have been removed in warm weather, say be- 

 tween the middle of June and September, {and it has 

 been a great many,) moth eggs enough among the 

 combs to destroy them in a very short time, unless 

 kept in a very cool place ; this result has been uniform. 

 Any person doubting this, may remove the bees from 

 a hive that is full of combs in July or August ; and 

 close it to prevent the possibility of a moth entering, 

 set it away in a temperature ranging from sixty to 

 ninety, and if there are not worms enough to satisfy him 

 that this is correct, he will have better success than I 

 ever did. Yet, no such result will follow, when the 

 bees are left among the combs, unless the swarm be 

 very small; then the injury done will be in proportion. 

 A strong stock may have as many moth eggs among 

 the combs as a weak one, yet one will be scarcely in- 

 jured, while the other may be nearly or quite de- 

 stroyed. 



