. Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology. Zoology; Insect pests. WASPS, ANTS AND BEES community, whose entrance into the hive must be vigorously guarded against. Yellow-jackets hover tentatively around the opening; they are arrant robbers and are ready to take any chance to get at the full honey-cells. But more dangerous, because of the habit of attacking en masse, are honey-bees of other hives. Not infrequently a desperate foray by hundreds. FIG. 91.—A small observation hive in which the honey-comb has been destroyed by larvae of the bee moth, Gallcria mellondla. (Greatly re-
. Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology. Zoology; Insect pests. WASPS, ANTS AND BEES community, whose entrance into the hive must be vigorously guarded against. Yellow-jackets hover tentatively around the opening; they are arrant robbers and are ready to take any chance to get at the full honey-cells. But more dangerous, because of the habit of attacking en masse, are honey-bees of other hives. Not infrequently a desperate foray by hundreds. FIG. 91.—A small observation hive in which the honey-comb has been destroyed by larvae of the bee moth, Gallcria mellondla. (Greatly re- duced.) of other bees will be made into a hive, especially a weak one, and a pitched battle will occur in and about the entrance and inside the hive itself, resulting in the death of hundreds, even thousands of bees. More insidious and even more dangerous are the stealthy invasions of a small dusty-winged moth, the "large" bee-moth, Calleria mellonella, or the "small" bee-moth,. 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937; Doane, Rennie Wilbur, 1871-. New York, H. Holt and company
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