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recommend this as the honest course. Neither do 1 
think it would be very profitable, feeding to this 
extent, under any circumstances. I have a few times 
had some boxes nearly finished and fit for market at 
the end of the honey season; a little more added 
would make them answer. I have then fed a few 
pounds of good honey, but always found that several 
pounds had to be given the bees to get one in the boxes. 
CHAPTER X. 
DESTRUCTION OP WORMS. 
I SHALL not give a full history of the moth in this 
chapter, as spring is not the time they are most destruc- 
tive. It will be further noticed under the head of 
Enemies of Bees. But as this is a duty belonging to 
spring, a partial history seems necessary. 
As soon as the bees commence their labors, the 
worms are generally ready to begin theirs. 
SOME IN THE BEST STOCKS. 
You will probably find some in your best stocks ; 
but don’t be frightened ; this is not the season when 
they often destroy your stocks, yet they injure them 
some. 
a portion would be given to the brood, and possibly the old bees 
might not always refraj^ from sipping a little of the tempting nectar. 
Why not, when the compound was ready,— instead of wasting it by 
this process,— put it directly j n market ? Or, is it necessary to have 
it in the combs to help psychologize the consumer into the belief that 
it is honey of a pure quality ? 
