£N£MIE3 OF BEES. 30^ 



As we cannot always have our bees in a situation to 

 feel safe, it will be well to adopt some of the means 

 recommended to diminish the number of moths. First 

 destroy all the worms that can be found at any time, 

 particularly in spring ; second, all cocoons that can be 

 got at. A great many worms can . be enticed to web 

 up, under a trap of elder, &c., when it is an easy mat- 

 ter to dispatch them. Thirdly, destroy all the moths 

 possible that can be seen about the hive. They are 

 very much like the flea, " when you put your finger 

 on him he is not there ;" a careful move is necessary 

 to crush him at once, otherwise he darts away" at the 

 least disturbance. . Probably the most expeditious 

 mode is to make them drunk. 



MAKING THEM DRUNK, AND THEIR EXECUTION BY CHICKENp. 



. Mix with water just eliough molasses and vinegar 

 to make it palatable ; this is to be put in white saucers 

 or other dishes, and set among the hives at night. Like 

 nobler beings, if not wiser, when once they have tasted 

 the fatal beverage, they seem to lose all power to leave 

 the fascinating cup; but give way to appetite and ex- 

 citement till a fatal step plunges them into destruction ! 

 The next morning finds them yet wallowing in filth, 

 weak and feeble. Whether they would recover from 

 the effects of their carousal if lifted out of the mire, 

 and carefully nursed like other specimens of creation, 

 I never ascertained. With but little trouble a chicken 

 or two will learn to be on hand, and greedily devour 

 every one. Hundreds are caught in this way, although 

 many other kinds besides the bee-moth will be mixed 



