3^.2 MISCELLANEOUS INFORiyrATION. [Ch. vi. 



about the hive and stand should be scraped, so as to get 

 rid of all eggs of moths and other insects before the 

 warm weather hatches them or enables them to do 

 mischief The bee-moth is not so troublesome in Eng- 

 land as it is in America and some parts of Germany ; 

 but still its encroachments should be carefully guarded 

 against in this country, for if not it may easily increase to 

 a very serious extent. 



§ XI. BEE-KEEPING IN LONDON. 



There are many persons, now in this noisy city pent, 

 who frequently remember the days of childhood when, 

 among pastures of clover or amidst flowery heath and 

 woodlands, they listened to the cheerful hum of bees. 

 Partly from a desire to revive these old associations, and 

 also from a natural liking for the tendance of living 

 creatures, such persons would be glad to keep bees if 

 they thought it possible to do so in London .or its 

 suburbs with any chance of success. We do not wonder 

 that many should doubt even the possibility of bees feed- 

 ing themselves amidst such an " endless meal of brick ;" 

 but we can easily prove that bees, if not placed too near 

 to smoky chimneys, are able to produce honey, both for 

 themselves and for their masters. To make this plain 

 we will mention some special instances of metropolitan 

 bee-keeping. 



About a century ago a Mr. Wildman kept a bee- 

 house and honey warehouse in Holborn, near to where 



