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SUMMER. 
and deposit her whole burden of several hundred eggs, 
as in the other case, but the heat from the bees is now 
unnecessary to hatch them. The weather at this sea- 
son will make any part of the hive warm enough to 
set her whole brood at work at once, and in three weeks 
all may be destroyed 1 This, and the fact that more 
moths exist now than before, may account for the 
greater number of stocks being destroyed at this sea- 
son. Yet it is considered extremely bad management 
to allow honey or combs to be devoured by this dis- 
gusting creature. A little care to know the condition 
of the stocks is necessary to prevent their getting the 
start. These duties should be fully considered before 
we take the responsibility of the care of bees. 
WHEN BEES ARE SAFE. 
The only condition when we can rest and feel safe is 
when we know all our stoclcs are full of bees. Even the 
“moth-proof” hive containing combs will be scented 
out by the moth, when there are no bees to guard it. 
An argument to show that a moth can enter where a 
bee can go is unnecessary, and a little observation, I 
think, will prove that her eggs sometimes go where 
Bhe is not allowed. 
MEANS TO DESTROY THEM. 
At this season, (July and August), it is a good plan 
to put a few pieces of old dry combs near the hiveg, in 
a box, or other place, as a decoy, where the moth may 
have access. She will deposit a great many of her eggs 
here, instead of the hive, and can be easily destroyed 
