OBSERVATIONS ON THE 
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Of the insect tribe there are ma¬ 
ny inimical to bees 5 of these, the 
moth is the most deadly: these in¬ 
sects are of a light or whitish brown 5 
they are remarkably active in their 
motions; and are seen running with 
great quickness round the hive, watch¬ 
ing their opportunity to enter, which 
when permitted to do in any num¬ 
ber, the combs become the deposiary 
of their eggs, and the bees are ex¬ 
pelled. These insects should therefore 
be carefully watched, and destroyed 
whenever they appear; for when once 
they enter a hive, its loss is almost 
inevitable. 
Spiders also, though but in a small 
