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minishes with such rapidity as leads to the 
conclusion that they prey upon the brood 
itself as well as onits exuviee. 'The Bees 
give ground step, by step, until being great- 
ly reduced in numbers, they at last utterly 
abandon the hive. There have been hun- 
dreds of hives of Bees destroyed by this little 
insect in our country annually. The Bee 
moth has become so numerous in New Jer- 
sey, and in the Western States, and through- 
out the State of Ohio, and its success in de- 
stroying the Bee so complete, that very many 
aplarians have become discouraged, and 
abandoned the enterprise. 'The New-York 
Self-protecting Patent Premium Bee Hive is 
undoubtedly found to be the best hive now 
in use, for preventing the depredations of the 
Bee moth, without interfering with the na- 
tural course of the Bee. This hive took the 
premium at the Fair of the American Insti- 
tute, in 1841, over Mr. Weeks’ and Mr. 
Hall’s, and several other patent hives that 
were there. My hive has a wire screen bot- 
tom for keeping out the Bee moth and for 
