ENEMIES OF BEES. 
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As we cannot always liave our bees in a situation to 
feel safe, it will be well to adopt some of the means 
recommended to diminish the number of moths. First 
destroy all the worms that can be found at any time, 
particularly in spring ; second, all cocoons that can be 
got at. A great many worms can be enticed to web 
up, under a trap of elder, &c., when it is an easy mat- 
ter to dispatch them. Thirdly, destroy all the moths 
possible that can be seen about the hive. They are 
very much like the flea, “ when you put your finger 
on him he is not there;” a careful move is necessary 
to crush him at once, otherwise he darts away at the 
least disturbance. Probably the most expeditious 
mode is to make them drunk. 
MAKING THEM DRUNK, AND THEIR EXECUTION BY CHICKENS. 
Mix with water just enough molasses and vinegar 
to make it palatable; this is to be put in white saucers 
or other dishes, and set among the hives at night. Like 
nobler beings, if not wiser, when once they have tasted 
the fatal beverage, they seem to lose all power to leave 
the fascinating cup; but give way to appetite and ex- 
citement till a fatal step plunges them into destruction ! 
The next morning finds them yet wallowing in filth, 
weak and feeble. Whether they would recover from 
the effects of their carousal if lifted out of the mire, 
and carefully nursed like other specimens of creation, 
I never ascertained. With but little trouble a chicken 
or two will learn to be on hand, and greedily devour 
every one. Hundreds are caught in this way, although 
many other kinds besides the bee-moth will be mixed 
