. The bee-keepers' guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. Enemies of Bees—Tachina Fly. 325 them, when the dipper-shaped mask is dropped or unhinged and the terrible jaws open and close upon the unsuspecting victim, which has but a brief time to bewail its temerity. A writer from Georgia, in Gleanings, volume 6, page 35, states that these destroyers are easily scared away, or brought down by boys with whips, who soon become as' expert in cap- turing the insects as are the latter in seizing the bees. One of the largest and most beautiful of these is Am-ax Junius. It has a wide range in the Unite
. The bee-keepers' guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. Enemies of Bees—Tachina Fly. 325 them, when the dipper-shaped mask is dropped or unhinged and the terrible jaws open and close upon the unsuspecting victim, which has but a brief time to bewail its temerity. A writer from Georgia, in Gleanings, volume 6, page 35, states that these destroyers are easily scared away, or brought down by boys with whips, who soon become as' expert in cap- turing the insects as are the latter in seizing the bees. One of the largest and most beautiful of these is Am-ax Junius. It has a wide range in the United States, North and South, and everywhere preys upon the bees. TACHINA FLY. From descriptions which I have received, I feel certain that there is a two-winged fly, probably of the genus Tachina (Fig. 188), that works on bees. I have never seen these, Fig. though I have repeatedly requested those who have to send them to me. My friend, Mr. J. L. Davis, put some sick look- ing bees into a cage, and hatched the flies which he told me looked not unlike a small house-fly. It is the habit of these flies, which belong to the same family as our house-flies, which they much resemble, to lay their eggs on other insects. Their young, upon hatching, burrow into the insect that is being vic- timized, and grow by eating it. It would be difficult to cope with this evil, should it become of great magnitude. We may well hope that this habit of eating bees is an exceptional one with it. The affected bees will be found dead at early dawn in front of the hives.' v bee-louse.—Braula Oceca, Nitsch. This louse (Fig. 189) is a wingless Dipteron, and one of the uniques among insects. It is a blind, spider-like parasite,. 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, M
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