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of the bee moth, is an absurdity, which none but the ignorant 
or malicious will assert. The bees themselves are the only 
safe and efficient protectors against the moth, and where prop- 
erly cultivated are fully competent to the task. Still, until 
the requisite knowledge of the subject becomes generally dis- 
seminated, this prejudice will doubtless continue to a greater 
or less extent to exist. It is, however, most encouraging to 
know that already there are a few extensive apiaries in dif- 
ferent sections of our country, which, under enlightened cul- 
tivation, produce annually an average of from five to fifty 
dollars’ worth of honey and wax to each colony ; the quan- 
tity varying in consequence of difference in locality and man- 
agement. 
[From the American Bee Journal.] 
“The results of experience, however, have already been 
clearly transmitted to us by the ancients; who, confessedly 
deficient as theorists, were unquestionably good ])raetical api- 
arians, and most unequivocally preferred the Italian to the 
oommon bee." 
“Count Stosch [of Germany] remarked that the demand 
for Italian "bees is at present extensive and urgent. It is 
easier now to sell ten colonies of these thau one of the com- 
mon kind He who wishes to find a sure market, must cul- 
tivate Italian bees, even if it were true that intrinsically they 
are of no practical value. He who would sell his wares, must 
adapt them to the prevalent taste and the fashion of the day." 
— llev. G. Kleinf,. 
“I have been quite surprised, in my experience with Ital- 
ian bees, at their success compared with the common. I 
could not credit the report of their great superiority, as in 
everything they seemed so like our commou bee, except in 
the colony. I am now quite ready to believe that their in- 
troduction into this country will not only greatly increase the 
interest in bee-culture, but they will be the means of greatly 
enhancing the profits of the apiary with the same manage- 
“One of the best ways I have found for introducing the 
queen, is to make a swarm in the usual way by removing the 
parent stock. The bees will receive her in two or three 
hours without any difficulty.” — 0. W. T., HoLMESVILLE, 
Chester county, Pa. 
