Archive image from page 292 of The illustrated Australasian bee manual. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the 'New Zealand bee manual' greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten CUbiodiversity1228471 Year: 1886 ( Fig. 127 MAIE AND FEMALE BEE-MOTH, The engravings shown in this chapter represent the bee-motn and its ravages described by Langstroth ; but as its habits are the same as those in Australasia, they convey all the informa- tion necessary to put the apiarist on his guard. DAMAGE TO
Archive image from page 292 of The illustrated Australasian bee manual. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the 'New Zealand bee manual' greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten CUbiodiversity1228471 Year: 1886 ( Fig. 127 MAIE AND FEMALE BEE-MOTH, The engravings shown in this chapter represent the bee-motn and its ravages described by Langstroth ; but as its habits are the same as those in Australasia, they convey all the informa- tion necessary to put the apiarist on his guard. DAMAGE TO COMBS. In warm evenings the female moth may be often seen about the hives, seeking for a place to deposit eggs, which she usually does in any cracks or crevices about it. These eggs are white, round, and very small. In a short time they hatch into dirty grey-looking caterpillars, and it is in this stage they commit their ravages by destroying the combs. Fig. 128.—SUKEN TUBE OF BEE-MOTH LARVA. As a defence from the attacks of the bees, each of the larvse enselopes itself in a silken tube (Fig. 128), which they extend T
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