. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 26, 1895.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 389 as to cultivation appear in our issue of April 11, page 141. [1373 ] Bee Parasites.—On Tuesday last I drove (from a straw skep) a stock of bee3 which had sent off a strong swarm early in the summer and united them to a frame hive. The operation was very successful; the bees in the. skep were strong and ran well into the other skep and afterwards into the frame hive. I removed the queen with a few other bees as they were ascending and placed them in a box. On examining them later in the day, I f
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 26, 1895.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 389 as to cultivation appear in our issue of April 11, page 141. [1373 ] Bee Parasites.—On Tuesday last I drove (from a straw skep) a stock of bee3 which had sent off a strong swarm early in the summer and united them to a frame hive. The operation was very successful; the bees in the. skep were strong and ran well into the other skep and afterwards into the frame hive. I removed the queen with a few other bees as they were ascending and placed them in a box. On examining them later in the day, I found two parasites of a reddish colour about the size of a pin's head on the queen, in the region of the thorax, some of the other bees being similarly affected. These parasites seemed active and to irritate the bees considerably at times. I did not notice that the main body of the bees were suffering frcm the parasites, and the skep, in which the bee3 had wintered and passed the summer, was in good condition and quite sweet. I should be glad if you would tell me the name and habits of these insects or give me a reference to some book where I can obtain information. Also whether they are injurious to the queen and other bees generally, and what steps should be taken to get rid of them.—R. B., Beckenham, September 19. Reply.—The above query crops up as regu- larly as each autumn comes round ; it may be well, therefore, for the benefit of those still ignorant of the bee-pest referred to, to again give an illustration, together with particulars regarding it from of September 27 last year, which reads as under :—The braula cc&ca or blind louse is not indigenous to this country, and, luckily for British bee-keepers, it will not increase here, the climate being too humid for it to thrive or live long. It is usually im- ported on the bodies of foreign bees, and although it may increase during the summer. BRAULA COECA. season in the south, our winters are generally fat
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