ENEMIES OF BEES. 
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“ Since that period, a succession of patent hives, whose 
originators were ignorant of the habits of the moth, has 
appeared as its auxiliaries, and the two combined, have 
nearly exterminated the bee from that section of the 
country. The efforts of a few individuals, of more than 
usual perseverance and ingenuity, were occasionally 
attended with limited success. 
“In the Summer of 1810, I resided in the county of 
Trumbull, Ohio. The moth had not reached this part of 
the country, and bee-culture was extensively pursued, and 
with a success I have never witnessed elsewhere. The 
rich German farmers were on a strife to excel each other 
in the number of their colonies. Two or three hundred 
they frequently attained. 
“In 1818,1 again visited that county, and permanently 
located there in 1823, and at both periods found that 
pursuit still prospering. In August, 1828, while visiting 
a sick family in Mercer Co., Pa., I observed that a large 
Apiary was suffering severely from the attacks of the 
worm. The proprietor informed me that it had made its 
appearance for the first time the present season. Within 
another year, it spread over all of Northern Ohio, and in 
the Winter of 1831-2, I learned, from members of the 
Legislature, that it had reached every part of our State. 
Similar results followed its progress here, as in the New 
England States. 
“ Until the introduction of your system of movable 
(raincs, no successful means of counteracting its ravages 
were devised. I am happy to say that, by the aid of your 
hives, I have not the least difficulty in meeting it. 
“ With great respect, yours, &e., 
“ Rev. L. L. Langstrotii. “ Jared P. Kirtland 
out the largo death-head moth (Sphincn atropos\ a single ono of which can swallow 
a tablespoonful of honey. 
An Apiarian, from Ohio, sent mo some honoy-eating moths, much larger than the 
bee-moth, which entered his weak hives and gorged themselves with honey. 
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