. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Bee-Moth or Wax-Moth—Some Experiences. BY C. THKILMANN. On page 723 (1897), Prof. A. J. Cook has kindly an- swered the questions I have askt him regarding the bee or wax moth, for which we tender him thanks. Some of the ways he describes about the moth not yet clear to me, or don't agree with my experience_ and that of other bee-keep- ers. He says : We always find,the moths lurking or flying about where there are combs, bee-hives with bees, empty hives or boxes with combs, etc. Some years ago I stood before a big, dry elm in my timber, whose bark
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Bee-Moth or Wax-Moth—Some Experiences. BY C. THKILMANN. On page 723 (1897), Prof. A. J. Cook has kindly an- swered the questions I have askt him regarding the bee or wax moth, for which we tender him thanks. Some of the ways he describes about the moth not yet clear to me, or don't agree with my experience_ and that of other bee-keep- ers. He says : We always find,the moths lurking or flying about where there are combs, bee-hives with bees, empty hives or boxes with combs, etc. Some years ago I stood before a big, dry elm in my timber, whose bark was loose one inch or so. By accident I pulled the bark from the tree about 8 inches, and to my surprise I saw several bee-moths running around on the inside of the bark, just as they do when dis- turbed elsewhere in their hiding-places. This was nearly a mile from my apiary. Now I am tempted to ask the Profes- sor, How did the moth get there? or where were they hatcht out ? and what did they live on 1 A bee-keeper tells us in the Acker and Gartenbau-Zeitung that he knows several bee-trees in his vicinity which are stockt with bees nearly every year, but are always destroyed In two to three months by the bee-moths. W. Buechner, from Texas, writes on same page : " I have found dozens of moths in the pupa state mostly in winter time In hollow trees, but nowhere except where a colony of wild bees were destroyed by the ; This evidence was given In opposition to my theory, but are they not a strong argument on -my side of the question ? Those wild bees were surely not Italians, else not all of them would have been destroyed by the moth alone. But I would ask again. Where did these moths come from, and on what did they live the other seven or eight months of the year ? By the way, does any one know how old a bee-moth gets to be ? and how far away from her birth or hatching-place she is likely to move or fly ? It would surely Interest many of the readers to know. Wi
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