Pestilence has been reckoned among bee-maladies, and attributed to the residence of dead larvæ in the cells, from a careless deposition of ova by the queen, (the head of the grub not being placed in a proper position for exclusion, when that period has arrived,) it has also been ascribed to cold, and to bad nursing, that is, feeding with unwholesome food. +Treatment.+ The remedies which have been found most successful in all these maladies, excepting vertigo, are _cordials_, namely _wine_ and _sugar_. This circumstance, taken in conjunction with their occurring at the spring of the year, tends to confirm my opinion that the ailments of bees arise from hunger and filth. _Cleanliness_ and _timely supplies of sugared ale_, particularly _during the months of February and March_, are the preventive remedies which have hitherto preserved my bees in a state of healthful activity. In ungenial springs, feeding should be continued even _through a considerable part of May_, if the preceding autumn have been unfavourable, or if a cold May have succeeded to warm weather in early spring,--the earliest vernal flowers affording but a scanty supply of honey. The apiarian is sometimes astonished that he should lose his bees at this advanced season of the year, when but a short time before he had seen them in full health and activity. Had he afforded that food which his bees could not obtain from a comparatively immature and honeyless vegetation, their hives would still have gladdened him with the spectacle of a thriving population. "If e'er dank autumn, with untimely storm, The honey'd harvest of the year deform, Or the chill blast, from Eurus' mildew wing, Blight the fair promise of returning spring, Full many a hive but late alert and gay, Droops in the lap of all-inspiring May." +Evans.+