. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. OR, MANUAI< OP THS APIARY. SOI chamber, it is not difficult 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 from 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
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. OR, MANUAI< OP THS APIARY. SOI chamber, it is not difficult 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 from 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 hive^ 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 & Co.
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