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plausible that they might adhere to them and be scat- 
tered promiscuously through the hive by dropping from 
the bees and sticking to the combs, where the heat of 
the swarm would soon hatch them out. If you have 
plenty of bees to cover the combs, as these little worms 
hatch out they will throw them down on the bottom 
boards of the hive, and with a little attention on the 
part of the bee-master, they can all be kept out ; but if 
the hive is well filled with comb and but few bees in the 
hive, it becomes difficult for them to protect so much 
territory ; consequently, small colonies are more likely 
to be infested by millers than strong ones. Here lies 
the grand secret of successful bee-keeping. Keep your 
stocks strong , as it is one of your best guards against the 
moth miller; and this can only be done by the use of a 
movable comb hive. 
TIIE STING OF BEES. 
“ An ounce of prevention is 
better than a pound of cure,” is 
an old adage, and so far as it 
relates to bee-stings, it is true. 
Few bees are disposed to sting 
unless some supposed injury is 
offered. They are exceedingly 
sensitive little insects, and par- 
ticularly attached to their re- 
spective families ; so much so, 
that they never refuse to de- 
fend their home and stores at 
the expense of their lives. 
These characteristics should 
be fully understood and per- 
