. Quinby's new bee-keeping. The mysteries of bee-keeping explained. Combining the results of fifty years' experience, with the latest discoveries and inventions, and presenting the most approved methods, forming a complete guide to successful bee-culture. Bees. Fig. 85. " HONEY ; Fig. 86. TMCHODES APIAKIUS. alone; others seem to be found only in the dust under the cluster, while yet others appear to feed upon the bees, especially the young and immature bees that are thrown from the combs. The insect foiind most fre- quently in the dust is a small chestnut-brown beetle, about one-
. Quinby's new bee-keeping. The mysteries of bee-keeping explained. Combining the results of fifty years' experience, with the latest discoveries and inventions, and presenting the most approved methods, forming a complete guide to successful bee-culture. Bees. Fig. 85. " HONEY ; Fig. 86. TMCHODES APIAKIUS. alone; others seem to be found only in the dust under the cluster, while yet others appear to feed upon the bees, especially the young and immature bees that are thrown from the combs. The insect foiind most fre- quently in the dust is a small chestnut-brown beetle, about one-twelfth of an inch in length, and clothed, as seen under the microscope, with the most minute hairs. This beetle is given at fig. 85, of course greatly enlarged. ^ ^ As this is supposed to feed upon Stk'^' "â â """^"^^ honey, it is known to bee-keepers *"'" - -'- ^ ^j^g ''; A beetle, which in Europe destroys the larvse of the bee, is Trichodes apiarius; I have occasionally de- tected what appears to be this in- sect, as it agrees well with Pack- ard's figure, which is here given in fig. 86. Some evidently harbor in Fig. GLASS, ^^g minutc pores of the wood, as often, when I have brought a bottom-board into a warm room for examination, scores would shortly appear where. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Quinby, M. (Moses), 1810-1875; Root, Lyman C. , 1840- ed. New York, Orange Judd company
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