. The bee-keepers' guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. Sycamore Louse. 251 The past summer I have received from apiarists of Indiana and Ohio, a very large, dark gray, plant louse which worked on the sycamore, and is reported from both states as keeping the bees actively employed for some weeks. This louse is one- fourth of an inch long. The winged, lice measure three- eights of an inch to the tips of their wings. The veins of the wings, as also the short nectaries—the tubes at the posterior part of the abdomen—show that this louse (Fig. 122) belongs to the Genus Lachnus. The lice of the Ge
. The bee-keepers' guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. Sycamore Louse. 251 The past summer I have received from apiarists of Indiana and Ohio, a very large, dark gray, plant louse which worked on the sycamore, and is reported from both states as keeping the bees actively employed for some weeks. This louse is one- fourth of an inch long. The winged, lice measure three- eights of an inch to the tips of their wings. The veins of the wings, as also the short nectaries—the tubes at the posterior part of the abdomen—show that this louse (Fig. 122) belongs to the Genus Lachnus. The lice of the Genus Aphis—of which there are innumerable species—have Fig. Female. Fig 123. 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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