DESTKUOTION OP THE KOTII-WORJf. ]'i9 



PKOMISCUOUS FEEDINO DNPEOFITABLE. 



I hnve seen it recommended and practiced Ly some 

 apiarians, to feed bees all at once, in the open air, in a 

 large trough ; but whoever realizes much profit from this 

 method, will be peculiarly fortunate, as every stock in the 

 neighborhood will soon scent it, and carry off a good share. 

 Also, nearly every stock at home will be in contention, and 

 great numbers be destroyed. The inoment the supply is 

 exhausted, their attention is directed to other stocks. 

 Another objection to this wholesale feeding is, that some 

 stocks do not need it at all, while others do, and the 

 former, being stronger, are quite likely to get the most. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



DESTRUCTION OF THE MOTH-WOEM. 



I shall not give a full history of the moth in this place, 

 as spring is not the time in which it is most destructive. 

 But as this is a duty belonging to spring, a partial history 

 seems necessary. 



As soon as the bees begin their labors the worms are 

 generally ready to commence theirs. 



FOUND IN THE BEST STOCKS. 



You Will probably find some in your best stocks, but it 

 need not alarm you. Even weak colonies are seldom des- 

 troyed at this season, although all may be more or less 

 injured. They work mostly among the sealed brood. 

 The heads of the young bees, after assuming the chrysalis 

 form, are about one-twelfth of an inch from the sealing of 

 the cells, leaving a suitable space between their heads and 

 the sealing, for the perambulations of the worms. 

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