Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-11-05
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BEL, MOTH

Various are tlia methods recommended to pre-
vent the ravas Il, oitaIs destructive inocct. Among
9th rs is thut of raising the hive or blocks al lnca
from the 3oari. tried this meIhol last suamer,
with one Of ms hives aud before vas aware, 1t
WAS filled WIKI thousands of worms, the structure
ofihe C nn5 destroyed, aud the swarm ruined, while
four ohcr hives that let st,.i in the usual way
upon the hoard, were uninjurod.
This method OF prevention, suspect Is theory
unexpectedly the facts and u ba the worst poll
,y that celld o. adopted While the hive stands
upon the board, the small entrance, about which
tue b.es usually cluster, IS easily defended bat
whsA the hive is raised, you not only Ih-ow wide
open the gates, bu, you destroy the very walls of
the ctalel, aud the enemy has All easy conquest,
for he chooses the place otat,ask.
The miller is bold intruder but still will no,
encounter a hos, at the mouth of the live but when
the hive is raised easily steals by the scattered SEN
tncIs, and enters the hive to deposi It's eggs where
pleascs.
The reasons assigned 70, raising the hive are,
,ha. the bees Will iaod &c the worms from the hive
ani that they cannot crawl up again. Now 1t Is
strongly suspected that these reasons are not true
tina. the bees never dslo1.e worm from the comb
-anl tha, if they were disoiged, they would make
an easy return alter having found place for ascent
the bees fight the miiet with great fury, and
drive them from the hive as deadly foe | have
INITIATED them so to prevent ready escape, and
cast them at the noalh ofthe hive, when they
would b. instantly attacked by half dozen bees NJ
once, who, alter furious struggle, would bear on
them wings from their premises their vanquished
= enemy, AMI dtop him where he would 10 more an
hoy them.
But have repeatedly laid worm at the mouth
OF the hive, when the bees would hardly take any
notice Of him OF attack him, and would only crawl
over him and.around him.
The Worm has q Wco attached to him in which
the bees g. their legs cntanglcd, which brighten;
then, from attach, and strongly suspect never at
tempt TO dslo re them from the hive.
Dir. Chandler of South Hadley,a few years since
published in the New England Farmer his method
ofpleventns the ravages of this nscct. Early II
the spring he removed his hives from the benches
and placed them Immediately upon the grount
without! board on a place made smooth for th'
purpose. He raised the ground very little on TIT
outside, to prevent deposit of eggs under the edge
o.thc board, and in this situation left them till lat'
IN autumn, when they were again replaced on TN
benches This method he had pursued some
eight Or ten years and had never been troubled witt
the moth except they got in before the hives wer'
placed on the ground.
This al first seems to be an uninyI.ing practice
and If 1t would prevent the moth, one is ready td
lear that the bets would not work well or that SOM
olher evil would attendth practice. have trio'
III single instance. The bees work rs well a
When elevated on board, and when the hive wa
'aHen up III the autumn, il was well filed with tn
pafest honey, without vcstlge Of the worn.
vcsisn TO make thorough trial Of this me,ho
"a he@' scason. Thc grass AMI words should y