. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 496 THE BBK-KEBPBK S GUIDB ; noticed how well prepared it is for this work by its jaw-like anterior legs, and its sharp, strong, sword-like beak. It is often caught on the golden-rod. This plant, from its color, tends to conceal the bug, and from the character of the plant—being attractive as a honey-plant to bees—the slow bug is enabled to catch the spry and active honey-bee. As Prof. Uhler well says of the "stinging bug ": " It is very useful in destroying caterpillars and other vegetable- feeding insects,
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 496 THE BBK-KEBPBK S GUIDB ; noticed how well prepared it is for this work by its jaw-like anterior legs, and its sharp, strong, sword-like beak. It is often caught on the golden-rod. This plant, from its color, tends to conceal the bug, and from the character of the plant—being attractive as a honey-plant to bees—the slow bug is enabled to catch the spry and active honey-bee. As Prof. Uhler well says of the "stinging bug ": " It is very useful in destroying caterpillars and other vegetable- feeding insects, but is not very discriminating in its tastes, ancl would as soon seize the useful honey-bee as the pernicious saw- ; And he might have added that it is equally indifferent Fig. nr? Bee-Stdbhfr^ and Beak,—OrigiruiL to the virtues of our friendly insects, like the parasitic and predaceous species. We note, then, that this bug is not wholly evil, and as its destruction would be well-nigh impossible, for it is as widely scattered as are the flowers in which it lurks, we may well rest its case, at least until its destructiveness becomes more serious than at present. THB BEE-STABBER. In the Southern States there is another bug, Euthyrhyn- chus floridanus, L,inn. (Fig. 284), which I have named the bee-stabber. This bug places itself at the entrance of the hive and stabs and sucks the bees till they are bloodless. As will be seen, its powerful four-jointed beak fits it well for this purpose. This bug is purplish or greenish blue, with dull,. 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, 1842-1916. Chicago. Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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