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vent their depredations; but, after all, the monster in "gaudy 

 hue marches onward," committing the greatest havoc and 

 devastation, with but little molestation. We have lost our 

 whole stock at least four times since 1808, as we supposed by 

 the n»th. We tried all the experiments recommended in 

 this and other countries, that came to our knowledge ; but, 

 after all, we could not prevent their ravages. 



In 1830, we constructed a hive (which was patented in 

 1836) which we supposed would afford all the facilities for 

 managing bees in every manner that their nature would admit 

 of, and at the same time render their cultivation most profit^ 

 able to their owner. By constructing windows of glass on 

 every side of the hive, nearly the size of its sides, and dark- 

 ening them by closing doors on the outside of the windows, 

 which niay be opened at pleasure, we have been able to 

 discover many important facts, both in relation to the nature 

 and economy of the bee, and its enemy the moth ; but pro- 

 bably much yet remains to be learned concerning both. 



The moth, when first discovered by the common observer, 

 is a white worm or maggot, with a reddish crusted head, and 

 varies in size according to its living. Those which have full 

 and unmolested access to the contents of a hive will frequent- 

 ly grow as large as a turkey-quill, and an inch and a half in 

 length. Others are scarcely an inch in length when full grown. 

 They have sixteen short legs, and taper each way from the 

 centre of their bodies. 



The worms, like the silk-worm, wind themselves into a 

 cocoon, and pass the dormant (chrysalis) state of their exist- 

 ence, and in a few dajib come out of their silken cases perfect 

 winged insects or millers, and are soon ready to deposit, 

 their eggs, from which another crop will be raised. 



The miller, or perfect moth, is of a grayish color, from 

 three-fourths of an inch to an inch in length. They usually 



