MANAGING BEES. 
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saved the trouble of hiving one swarm, and 
prevented all danger of their flight to the 
woods. 
Multiplying colonies by this rule is a per- 
fectly safe method of managing bees. 
RULE X. 
ON PREVENTING THE DEPREDATIONS OF 
THE MOTH. 
All such stocks as are infested with the 
moth, will manifest it as soon as warm 
weather commences in the spring, by drop- 
ping some, of the worms upon the bottom 
board. Let the apiarian clean off the bot- 
tom board every other morning; at the same 
time strew on a spoon full or two of fresh, 
pulverized salt. 
Immediately after a second swarm has 
come forth from a hive, the same season, the 
old stock should be examined ; and if swarm- 
ing has reduced their numbers so low as to 
leave unoccupied combs, the apiarian should 
take the QuccnS from the swarm, and let them 
return to the old stock. 
Third and fourth swarms should always 
have their Queens taken from them and the 
bees returned to the parent stock. 
