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ground on their frontiers, it requires a tre- 
mendous effort on the part of the bees to save 
their little colony from a complete overthrow. 
If late, or second and th i i'd swarms are 
always returned immediately, according to 
the rule, the combs are kept so guarded that 
the moths are compelled to keep their distance, 
or be stung to death before they can accom- 
plish their purposes. 
Hives made so large as not to swarm may 
lose their Queen, and then they will abandon 
their habitation and emigrate into the adjoin- 
ing hive, leaving all their stores to their owner, 
which, unless immediately taken care of, the 
moths will not fail to destroy. 
The moths are often complained of when 
they are not guilty. Hives are frequently 
abandoned by their occupants, inconsequence 
of the loss of their Queen, unnoticed by any 
observer, and before anything is known of 
their fate, the hive is destitute of bees, and 
filled with moths. 
In the summer of 1834, one of my neigh- 
bors had a very large hive that never swarm- 
ed, which lost their queen ; and in the course 
