Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-09-23
NO. 3A.

| myself, 10 consider the moth The eject,
rather than The cause Of the destruction
complained Of. believe that the moth
has no desire 10 deposite its eggs 10 hive,
until it knows by instinct that the swarm
is unheaIthy; bv the putridity which is
then engeudered i, is taught that its SER
vices will soon be required, according to
that beautiful theory so we'll set forth by
Agricola. "wherevcr animal or vegetable
substances are in the progress Of decay,
mouths are found ever ready TO convert
dead matter into food for living things"
And this is no pew idea: | knew, ma.
ny years ago, person who kept from 20
To 80 hives Of bees with uniform success,
but he was peculiarly attentive to the moths
and when he saw them hittins around the
entrance Of any particular hive. he knew
that The bees were sickly, and he would
Immediately remove them 10 clean hive,
by turning the box which contained them,
placing upon il al empty hive and by Civ
ing the lower box q few gentle blows, the
bees would ascend and take possession:
this wos done in the eysning, after the lees
had returned from their labors, and the
next day they would he found busiy en-
ploycd Oh their new premises, without
any fear Of the moth. Now it is all very
prerty-Ihcsc ingenious conlrivanccs TO de-
ceiye The moths by furnishing them with
large and convenient entrances 10 sham
boxes, brushed over with honey or wax,
while the bees are restricted TO one small
aua inconvenieni hole Of entrance-butI
do not consider that nature is so imperfect
rs 10 be so easily bamboozled; believe
the moths know fall as well as the mau,
when they are inside tho hive. aud that
they will not be induced to deposile their
eggs in an clubhouse where there is no food
for their young when they come into exis-
teuce. beg therefore 10 repeat, consid.
er the moth the effect and not the cause Of
tho mischief; the sickness Of The bees aud
the pulrid;ty Of the internal atmosphere Of
the hive being the true cause, teaching them
that The labors Of their progeny will soon
be required TO act the part Of the turkey
buzzard. Remove the cause. therefore.
and the effect will cease-dcpending upon
il that "when the constitutions is in healthy
slate, there is little liability TO infection OF
any kind"
Lei, then, all those who enter The race
Of bec.breeding be attentive to this, and by
shifting the swarms 10 other boxes so soon
as they perceive them attacked by the
moth, they will. ] am persuaded, end that
prevention is much easier than cure. With
me, there is no doubt. the cause Of sicilsgs
the honey by means Of boxes and glasses
placed on The top Of the hive reducing the
bees 10 the necessity OF ever breeding in
the same cells, by which they become FL
thy and putrid; therefore much prefer 10
add another box below, Oh renewing one
from above. according 10 The plan propo-
sed in that interesting iiIe work, bee
breeding in tho Wcsr," which is quite n
manual ofhe art. In Weeks late work on
the same subject. the evil here poiuted ou,
is admitted to its full extent. but, strange
10 say, it is proposed 10 be remedied only
by transferring The bees To another hive ;it
is said, "when bees have occupied ono
tenement for several years, The comb be-
comes thick aud filthy by being filled up
with the old bread and cocooDs made by
young bees when transformed from a lar
va TO the perfect fly: and are so contracted
that the bees Come forth but mere dwarfs,
and cease TO swarm" and yet, by the use
Of the Vernon, hive, they are compelled
to breed in the same cells continually. IL
would appear, therefore, that these patent
palaces ure constructed on false principles.
Viz.