. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. ^ six legs,while the mature form has eight. The bee-mite is very small,hardly more than five ram. (1-50of an inch) long. The female isslightly larger than the male, andsomewhat transparent. The coloris black, though the legs and moretransparent areas of the femalesappear yellowish. As will be seen. A New Bee Enemy (from life.) by the figure, which shows theform and structure very accurately,the anterior legs are the the legs are five-jointed, slightlyhairy and each tipped with twohooks or claws.
. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. ^ six legs,while the mature form has eight. The bee-mite is very small,hardly more than five ram. (1-50of an inch) long. The female isslightly larger than the male, andsomewhat transparent. The coloris black, though the legs and moretransparent areas of the femalesappear yellowish. As will be seen. A New Bee Enemy (from life.) by the figure, which shows theform and structure very accurately,the anterior legs are the the legs are five-jointed, slightlyhairy and each tipped with twohooks or claws. Each of the mouthorgans is tipped with a tuft of finehairs. 136 THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. The eggs wliicli show throughthe body, as seen in the drawing,are mere specks of a color, andfrom the fact that there are severalsizes in the gravid females, indi-cating separate crops, it is prob-able that these females are notcreatures of a day, but possessquite a longevity. The mites wei-esent me in a bottle, and when theyarrived there were very numerouseggs and several of the young six-legged mites occupying the vialwith the more mature forms. REMEDIES. The fact that what would beprison to the mite would probablybe death to the bees, makes thisquestion of remedy quite a difficultone. I can only suggest whatMrs. Squire has tried — frequentlyclianging of the bees from one hiveto ano
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