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The second species is a whitish gray about one inch long and 
> about one-tenth of aninch thick. This moth is the most destruct- 
ive enemy to the apiary; the bees—at least some colonies—seem to 
hatch and nurse them when young. After they grow large, they live 
on the capped brood; they make regular roads under the cappings 
: of the brood, webbed in so itis hard for the bees to get at them. 
a Every pupa of the bees is webbed fast in the cell where these roads 
E are made, and it is hard work for the bees to free themselves from 
. the cell after they mature. The wings and abdomen are crippled by 
the web, and the young bee is thrown out by the workers. The black, 
or German bees are more apt to tolerate this moth than the yellow 
races, though they are found in all strains. This moth lays its eggs 
mostly on the flowers which the bees visit and theyare gathered by 
the bees with the pollen and stored in the cells and are hatched as 
above described. 
’ The third species isa very minute white moth and is found on 
surplus comb honey. It isabout one-eighth of an inch long and the 
size of acommonsewing needle. It appears only under certain con- 
ditions—when the honey is stored in a damp, close, hot room with 
no ventilation. In 1888 I had about 12,000 pounds of honey taken out 
of the hives and stored in a hot, close room for about four weeks, 
when I noticed signs of little mildew spots onthecappings. A close 
investigation showed these little moths. In some places the cap- 
pings had many little holes the size of a sewing needle, and but few 
worms could be found, except here and there one in the pupa state. 
Since then I have kept my honey room airy, ventilated and warm 
and have not been troubled withthis moth. This fall I boughta lot 
of nice comb honey from one of my neighbors; on examination we 
found this honey badly infested with this moth; considerable of it 
_ full of these little holes as if punctured with a needle as close as it 
could be done. The holes were only in the cappings, but it made it 
unsalable, though few of the worms could be found. This honey 
was also left in a close, warm room with no ventilation for over two 
months. 
REPORT ON BEE CULTURE, 1894. 
4 C. THEILMANN, THEILMANTON. 
Bees, as a whole, wintered exceptionally good, last winter; very 
few died, and most of them came out of winter quarters in a healthy 
condition. Ilost only one colony out of 225. 
The spring was not very favorable for bees, being too cold; al- 
though near forest timber, they got enough to make a living and 
gradually filled the hives with brood. The white, alsike, red and 
mammoth clover all suffered badly by the heavy frosts about March 
26th. Most of the clovers were killed outright; the weather being 
unusually warm (82°above) the fore part of March, vegetation started 
growing, especially the clovers, and the hard freeze following 
killed most of it. This made a big gap in the honey bearing plants, 
and the bees could hardly make their living until the linden,or bass- 
wood,commenced to bloom about June 28th, which it didabundantly, 
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