The Bulletin. 



21 



reducing the damage. All told, twelve different enemies were men- 

 tioned, as follows: Number 



Reports. 



Bee-moth, reported by various names 211 



Roaches 10 



Paralysis 8 



Ants 7 



Mice 6 



Foul-brood (perhaps erroneously reported) 2 



Also, "worthless bees," "robbers," "birds," "toads," "dysentery," and 

 "picklebrood" were each reported once. 



From this it appears that bee-moth is the one really important 

 and formidable enemy, the others being relatively unimportant or 

 easily controlled, although the possibilities of damage by such epi- 

 demics as paralysis, dysentery, and foul-brood (if this disease is 

 really present in this State) are very great. So far as we know 

 nothing is now positively known concerning foul-brood or other 

 brood-diseases in this State. If they do exist it is of great impor- 

 tance that they be discovered at once, and the extent of their spread 

 ascertained. Bee-keepers who suspect the presence of these diseases 

 should correspond with Dr. E. F. Phillips, Bureau Entomology, IT. S. 

 Department Agriculture, Washington, D. C. But we will omit 

 detailed discussion of the other troubles in order to do full justice to 

 a discussion of the bee-moth. 



The bee-moth is so familiar to bee-keepers as to make any intro- 

 duction or description unnecessary. While most bee-keepers know 

 it familiarly by its proper name of bee-moth, yet a number reported 

 it under other names, such as "worms," "moth," web-worm," "wee- 

 vil," "bee-worms," "fly," etc. Going carefully over all the reports of 

 this pest, and tabulating them in connection with the race of bees kept 

 and the type of hive used, we find that we must drop a large number 

 because they fail to answer one or another of these questions, or, in 

 cases where they use several types of hives, it is not possible to tell 

 which is most to blame. Leaving out all these doubtful or incomplete 

 records, and confining ourselves strictly to clear and positive reports 

 (of which we have enough to make our conclusions safe), we get the 

 following result : 



BEE-MOTH AS AFFECTING DIFFERENT RACES OF BEES IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF HIVES. 



