OF MAlfAGING BEES. 53 



CHAPTEE X. 



ON PKEVENTING THE DEPREDATIONS OF THE MOTH. 



All such stocks as are infested ■with the moth will mani- 

 fest it as soon as warm weather commences in the spring, 

 by dropping some of the worms upon the bottom board. 

 Let the apiarian clean off the bottom board as often as it 

 becomes filthy. 



Immediately after a second swarm has come forth from a 

 hive, the same season, the old stock should be examined ; 

 and if swarming has reduced their numbers so low as to 

 leave unoccupied comb, the apiarian should take the queens 

 from the swarm, and let them return to the old stock. 



Third and fourth swarms should always have their queens 

 taken from them, and the bees returned to the parent stock. 

 (See Appendix on preventing swarming.) 



BEMABKS. 



" This insect (the moth) is a native of Europe, but has 

 found its way into this country, and naturalized itself here." — 

 Thatcher. 



This unwelcome visitor has interested the attention and 

 called forth all the energies of the mos^xperienced apiarians 

 of our country, and of many of the greatest naturalists in the 

 world, to head his coutse. Their movements have been ob- 

 served and scrutinized by the most learned ; their nature has 

 been studied ; various experiments have been tried to pre. 

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