. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 492 ENEMIES OF BEES. the hive to support the cap (fig. 72), and in iueasing the bottom (342), was to hmder the moth. 805. "As soon as hatched, the worm encloses itself in a case of white silk, which it spins around its body; at first it is like a mere thread, but gradually increases in size, and, during its growth, feeds upon the cells around it, for which purpose it has only to put forth its head, and find its wants supplied. It de-. Pig. 216. LARVA AND MOTH AFTEH BAKBO. MAGNIFIED. vours its food with great avidity, and, consequently, incre
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 492 ENEMIES OF BEES. the hive to support the cap (fig. 72), and in iueasing the bottom (342), was to hmder the moth. 805. "As soon as hatched, the worm encloses itself in a case of white silk, which it spins around its body; at first it is like a mere thread, but gradually increases in size, and, during its growth, feeds upon the cells around it, for which purpose it has only to put forth its head, and find its wants supplied. It de-. Pig. 216. LARVA AND MOTH AFTEH BAKBO. MAGNIFIED. vours its food with great avidity, and, consequently, increases so much in bulk, that its gallery soon becomes too short and narrow, and the creature is obliged to thrust itself forward and lengthen the gallery, as well to obtain more room as to procure an additional supplj' of food. Its augmented size ex- posing it to attacks from surrounding foes, the wary insect fortifies its new abode with additional strength and thickness, by blending with the filaments of its silken covering a mixture of wax and its own excrement, for the external barrier of a new gallery,* the interior and partitions of which are lined with a smooth surface of white silk, which admits the occa- sional movements of the insects, without injury to its delicate texture. * This representation of the web, or gallery of the worm, was copied from 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 Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , Dadant & sons
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