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ARTICLE XII. 
COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. 
To destroy Insects on Fruit Trees. To destroy insects that 
infest fruit trees and plants, put into a basin a few handsful of earth, 
on which pour a small quantity of spirits of turpentine ; then add 
water, and stir the whole together, until it has a proper consistence 
to be rubbed upon the trees with a brush. The insects perish, with 
their genus, the odour remaining several days about the trees, and 
repelling fresh invaders. A mixture of earth is necessary, because the 
spirits of turpentine swim upon pure water, and will not mix; and 
if used in too great quantities, might injure the trees: I cannot doubt, 
from the trials that have been made, that much benefit might result 
from the use of turpentine in clearing fields and trees from insects ol 
different kinds, and that a mixture of ashes, and turpentine, would re¬ 
move, by its odour, the insects that infest turnips. Its odour is more 
penetrating in the open air than that of sulphur, and some other ma¬ 
terials used for the same purposes. It would perhaps be useful in 
destroying ants, or driving them away from espaliers, and other 
places. M. Saul. 
On Preserving Bees in Winter_I some time ago, seeVol. 3, 
p. 31, sent you the account of a mode of keeping bees, through the 
winter, by burying them in the ground. I now send you another 
method of keeping them in winter, as practised by Farmers in 
America. The hives are placed in dry cellars, from which all light 
is excluded. Upon bringing them again into the open air, in the 
spring, the bees exhibit an unusual degree of healthiness and ac¬ 
tivity. This experiment has been found to answer well, and is well 
worthy of the attention of those persons who are engaged in this 
branch of rural economy. 
