and how to guard againj? them. 254 
injury from ants, yet I have heard fome bee- 
matters fay, that they go into hives during the 
night, and fuck the honey; and that they 
have ieen hives ruined by them. To guard 
again{t fuch poflible depredations, the covers 
fhould be now and then removed, in the end of 
Summer, and the ants deftroyed. 
Woop-Licz are alfo hurtful to bees. When 
old decayed wood, which they harbour in, 
happenstobe near a hive, either the wood fhould 
be removed to a diftance, or the wood-lice 
carefully fearched for and extirpated. 
Bap WEATHER, wind, rain, and the ex- 
tremes of cold and heat, &c. have already 
been repeatedly noticed as prejudicial to bees, 
and may, be guarded againft by. the fituations 
of the apiaries, covering the hives properly, &c. 
Norse is alfo fomewhat hurtful to bees, as 
it difturbs them in their induftrious opera- 
tions. This can likewife be in general eafily 
prevented, by placing the hives in a quiet fi- 
tuation, remote from noify operations, high 
ways and the like. 
To conclude,—riLTH and impuRITY of e- 
very kind that may gather upon the ftool, or a- 
tound the outfide of the hive, or be introduced 
near the hive, fo as to occafion difagreeable 
effluvia, 
