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To prevent the ravages of the Sloth Miller, in the 
common board or straw hive, go in the morning and ex- 
amine under each hive and destroy all you can find of 
the mo<h worms and millers ; bits of board or shingles 
laid on the stands near your hives for them to collect 
under if carefully watched are some protection ; but if 
they onee get established in the combs or straw you may 
give them up. There is but one sure remedy with such 
hives, and that is, do not use them. 
A. hive constructed so that millers will not enter, and 
still let bees pass out and in, is a thing that never had 
an existence only in imagination. Sweetened water, in a 
common earthen bowl, set near your hives in the evening 
is a good trap for them, attracted by the aroma or vapor 
arising from it hundreds of them will be caught by this 
process. It should be removed away every morning as 
the bees may get drowned in it. 
The best remedy is, have a hive in which you can 
keep your stocks strong, which is done pirincipally by 
preventing natural swarming, and at the same time have 
your hive so arranged that you can get to every part of 
it should they gain possession. 
Various causes destroy bees in winter, or what is 
termed winter killing. 
Loss of Queen during summer frequently occurs, and 
if in the old fashioned hive it is difficult to discover, 
and if discovered it is still more difficult to remedy,— 
Such stocks are sure to perish during winter. 
Another cause is, honey, when brought in from the 
fields, is thin from a quantity of water being united with 
it, and from deficient ventilation as in old hives, it re- 
mains thin and sours, and is unfit for the bees, rind they 
die from eating of the same. 
Another cause is over-swarming. In the common 
