6 TREATMENT OF BEE DISEASES. 
placing of the blame for loss of colonies on some cause other than 
disease. The poorer class of beekeepers attribute their losses simply 
to “bad luck,” but even well-informed beekeepers err in this matter. 
Fic. 1.—Work of the larger wax moth in a brood comb. (Original.) 
The wax moths (see fig. 1) are most frequently blamed for the death 
of colonies, whereas they do no damage to strong, healthy colonies, 
properly cared for, but enter only when the colony is weakened by 
queenlessness, lack of stores, disease, or some other cause. In the 
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