THE farmer’s manual. 
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the enemies of Bees. One trait of sagacity in 
the Bear, mentioned by the Abbe Della Rocca, 
deserves some notice. “ The Bear seldom at- 
tacks a hive openly, from fear of its stings ; but 
he will in the most gentle mahner take a hive in 
his paws and carry it out to the first river, or pond, 
and plunge it, until the Bees are drowned, and then 
feed on the spoil. The proprietors, therefore, in 
those countries infested with Bears, attach their hives 
to walls, and other places, for their .security against 
the Bear.” 
The sparrow and the lizard are also enemies of the 
Bees, and must be carefully watched. 
1 cannot too strongly impress it upon the minds ol 
every Apiarian, who wishes to reap any profit from 
his hives, to be constantly upon the alert, to effect 
the destruction of those enemies by which his pro- 
perty is so materially injured. Let him remember, 
they carry on their depredations in secret, and that 
in this instance, as well as in every relation in life, a 
false security, is the most dangerous situation in which 
a person can repose. 
CHAP. VIII. 
On (he Maladies of Dees. 
On this .subject, Mr. Huish acknowledges great dif- 
ficulty, both in discovering the maladies of the Bee, 
and the remedies ; but adds, if you have many hives, 
and any one becomes sickly, remove it as soon as pos- 
sible, that it may not infect the remainder. If you 
have few hives, you may attempt, first to investigate 
the disease, and next its cure. Mr. Hui.sh slates, 
that the dysentery is one of the most common as well 
as fatal diseases ot the Bee; and that the mark of this 
disease is the excrement voided by the Bee at the 
