. The bee-keepers' guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. hatched out in one of my boxes, and the depravity of these insects was manifest in the fact that those first hatched fell to and ate the others. BLISTER BEETLES. I have received from Mr. Rainbow, of Fall Brook, Califor- nia, the larvae (Fig. 192, a) of some blister beetles, probably Meloe barbarus, Lee., as that is a common species in Califor- Fig. nia. Mr. Rainbow took as many as seven from one worker bee. Fig. 192, b, represents the female of Meloe angusticollis, a common species in Michigan and the East. As will be seen,. Pleas


. The bee-keepers' guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. hatched out in one of my boxes, and the depravity of these insects was manifest in the fact that those first hatched fell to and ate the others. BLISTER BEETLES. I have received from Mr. Rainbow, of Fall Brook, Califor- nia, the larvae (Fig. 192, a) of some blister beetles, probably Meloe barbarus, Lee., as that is a common species in Califor- Fig. nia. Mr. Rainbow took as many as seven from one worker bee. Fig. 192, b, represents the female of Meloe angusticollis, a common species in Michigan and the East. As will be seen,. 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- [from old catalog]. Lansing, Mich. [Columbus, Ohio, Printed by Myers bros. ]


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