134 DESTEUOTION OF THE MOTH-WOEII. 



without further care. If you are remunerated for keeping 

 the weeds from your corn, be assured that it is equally 

 profitable to weed out your bees. 



Now, do not be deceived, and through indolence be in- 

 duced to get hives with descending bottom boards, to 

 throw out the worms as they fall, and hope by that means 

 to have no further trouble. "We will suppose such incUned 

 bottom board capable of throwing every worm that 

 touches it " heels over head " to the ground ; what have 

 we gained ? His neck is not broken, nor any other hone 

 of his body! As if nothing extraordinary had happened, 

 he quietly gathers himself up and looks about for snug 

 quarters ; he cares not a fig for the hive now ; he gorman- 

 dized on the combs until satisfied before he left them, and 

 is glad to get away from the bees at any price. A place 

 large enough for a cocoon is easily found, and when he 

 again becomes desirous of visiting the hives, it is not to 

 satisfy his own wants, but to accommodate his progeny. 



MOTH PROOF HTVES NOT MADE. 



A hive that is proof against the moth is yet to be con- 

 structed. We frequently hear of it, from patent-vend- 

 ei's, but when tested by practical bee-keepers, the worms 

 are generally found in the vicinity of the bees. When 

 your hives become so full of bees that they cover the board 

 in a cool morning, you will seldom find the worms, except 

 under the edge of the hive. You may now raise it, and 

 catch the worms by laying under the bees a narrow shingle, 

 a stick of elder split in two, lengthwise, with the pith 

 scraped out, or any thing else that will afford them pro- 

 tection from the bees, and' where they may spin their 

 cocoons. These should be removed every few days, the 

 worms destroyed, and the traps put back. Do not neglect 

 it tin they change to the moth, and there is nothing to 

 i-emove but empty cocoons. 



