lo July, 191^-] Bn-kccpiiig ui Victoria. 413 



It is assumed 1j\ manv bee-keepers that wax moths do some good by 

 destroying the combs of bees in trees or neglected hives which had suc- 

 cumbed to foul brood. Experiments made by Dr. E. F. Phillips, of the 

 United States of America Department of Agriculture have proved, how- 

 ever, that the spores of foul brood still remain callable of producing disease 

 after the combs have been totally destroyed by wax moths, and the only 

 point in fa\'our of these moths from the bee-keeper's point of view is there" 

 fore disproved. 



KXPLANATION OF Pl.ATl.. 



Bee Moths. 



" The Larger Bee Moth." (Galleria inellonella, Linn.) 

 " The Lesser Bee Moth." [Achraca grisella. Fab.) 



Fig. I. Honeycomb showing appearance when attacked. Natural size. 



From Nature 



Fig. II. Cocoons of GaUeria melloncUa. Natural size. From Nature 



Fig. III. Perfect Insect. Male. Magnified. From Nature. 



Fig. IV. Perfect Insect. Female. Natural size. From Nature. 



Fig. V. Larvae of GaUeria mellonella. Natural size. From Nature. 



Fig. VI. Pupa of GaUeria meUoneUa. Enlarged. From Nature. 



Fig. VII. Perfect Insect of Achrceca griseUa. Natural size. From Nature. 



Fig. VII. .4. Perfect Insect of Achrceca griseUa. Magnified. From Nature. 



Fig. VIII. Pupa of GaUeria meUoneUa. Natural size. From Nature. 



Fig. IX. Cocoons of GaUeria meUcneUa. Natural size. From Nature. 



BEE-KEEPL\G IN VICTORIA. 



F . R. Beuline, Bee Expert. 



{Continued from page 356.) 



PART VI. WATER FOR BEES. 



Few bt^ekeepers are aware what amount of water is required by a 

 colony of bees during the summer months, and how important it is that a 

 i:)ermanent supply should be a\'ailable within a reasonablv short distance 

 of an apiary. As a general rule, bees are left to themselves to get their 

 supply of water wherever they can. There is usually a natural water- 

 course, dam, or waterhole somewhere in the neighbourhood, and if per- 

 manent and within a few hundred yards of the apiarv, such sources 

 answer well enough. When, however, water is not permanentlv avail- 

 able within a quarter of a mile, it is greatly to the advantage of the 

 apiarist to provide an artificial supply as near the apiary as convenient. 

 I do not think that the time occupied by the bees in carrying water over a 

 longer distance need be seriously considered, but the greater liability of 

 being caught by birds and insects, blown down during strong winds, or 

 caught in rain-squalls during the longer journey is a serious matter. At 

 the margins of dams and water-holes hundreds of bees are often 

 destroyed within a few minutes by cattle or hor.ses stamping them, into the 

 mud or swamping them through the plunging of the animals into the 

 water. Where many bees are kept, and the water supply is limited, they 

 become a nuisance to stock, and sometimes a source of ill-feeling between 

 neighbours in consequence. Bees are also very annoving about the 



