ENEMIES OF BEES. 
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HOW THEY PASS THE WINTER. 
But it is altogether a different thing with our hives 
in which bees are wintered; they are seldom or never 
entirely exempt ! Perhaps it is impossible to winter 
bees without preserving some eggs of the moth or a 
few worms at the same time. The perfect moth per- 
haps never survives the winter ; the only place that 
the chrysalis would he safe, I think must be in the 
vicinity of the bees — and a good stock will never 
allow it there— but eggs, it would appear, are suffered 
to remain. In the fall, at the approach of cold weather, 
the bees are apt to leave the ends of the combs ex- 
posed ; the moth can now enter and deposit her eggs 
directly upon them ; these, together with what are car- 
ried in by means before suggested, are enough to pre- 
vent losing the breed. The warmth generated by the 
bees will keep these eggs from freezing and preserve 
their vitality. When warm weather approaches in 
the spring, those nearest the bees arc probably hatched 
first, and commence depredations and are removed by 
the bees. As the bees increase and occupy more 
comb, more are warmed up and hatched. In this way, 
even a small family of bees will hatch, and get rid of 
all the eggs that happen to be in their combs, and not 
be destroyed. This is the time that the apiarian may 
be of service in destroying the worms, as the bees get 
them on the floor. 
STOCKS MORE LIABLE TO BE DESTROTED LAST OP SUMMER. 
But in July and August it is different in this re- 
spect ; a single moth may enter the hive when exposed, 
