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of this). But we will now suppose such descending 
bottom-boards capable of throwing every worm that 
touches it “ heels over head” to the ground ; what 
have we gained ? His neck is not broken, nor any 
other bone of his body ! As if nothing extraordinary 
had happened, he quietly gathers himself up, and 
looks about for snug quarters ; he cares not a fig for 
the hive now; he gormandized on the combs until 
satisfied, before he left them, and is glad to get away 
from the bees any how. A place large enough foi a 
cocoon is easily found, and when he again becomes 
desirous of visiting the hives, it is not to satisfy his 
own wants, but to accommodate his progeny ; he is then 
furnished with wings ample to carry him to any height 
that you choose to put your bees. 
A MOTH CAN GO WHERE BEES CAN. 
A hive that is proof against the moth, is yet to be 
constructed. We frequently hear of them, but when 
they come to be tested, somehow these worms get 
where the bees are. When your hives become so full 
of bees, that they cover the board in a cool morning, 
the worms will be seldom found there, except under 
the edge of the hive. 
TRAP TO CATCH WORMS. 
You may now raise it, but you may still catch the 
worms by laying under the bees a narrow shingle, a 
stick of elder split in two lengthwise, and the pith 
scraped out, or anything else that will afford them pro- 
tection from the bees, and where they may spin their 
