. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAI, OF THB APIARY. 501 chamber, it is not difl&cult to practice poisoning. One year I tried Paris-green with success. There are several reports of ants entering the hives and killing the bees ; even the queen is said to have been thus destroyed. I learn froni Mr. H. E. Hill, of Florida, of a large, red ant peculiar to that section (Fig. 288), which is a terror to bees. It has destroyed nineteen nuclei in one week, and hundreds of dollars worth of bees, for Mr. Hill. It hides and burrows in rotten wood, above and below ground
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAI, OF THB APIARY. 501 chamber, it is not difl&cult to practice poisoning. One year I tried Paris-green with success. There are several reports of ants entering the hives and killing the bees ; even the queen is said to have been thus destroyed. I learn froni Mr. H. E. Hill, of Florida, of a large, red ant peculiar to that section (Fig. 288), which is a terror to bees. It has destroyed nineteen nuclei in one week, and hundreds of dollars worth of bees, for Mr. Hill. It hides and burrows in rotten wood, above and below ground, in hive-covers, in parts of hives separated by the division-boards—anywhere where Fig. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , George W. York & company
Size: 1356px × 1843px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectbees, bookyear1904
