GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



A PHOTOGEAPHIC INTERVIEW WITH THE BEE=MOTH 



BY CHARLES Y. HAKE 



The bee-moth I consider the quickest in 

 action and the most destructive pest of the 

 honeybee. We can be thankful for carbon 

 disulphide, quicker in action than even 

 the bee-moth, and sure death to the ene- 

 my. . 



This case of bee-moth in my apiary does 

 not show any carelessness on m^^ part, but 

 was merely a snare or trap to draw most 

 of the moth to one particular place. 1 

 placed five brood-frames with old comb in 



a box hive at one end of the yard, leavinjz 

 the entrance wide open for whatever would 

 go in. After leaving it in this condition for 

 eight days I made an examination, and the 

 results are shown in the photographs. 



One of the pictures represents a regular 

 brood-frame si^un with bee-moth web and 

 cocoons in the center containing live moth 

 larvjB. To the right of the pictui'e is a can 

 of carbon disulphide, the chemical T use to 

 destroy thase pests. 



Clustea- of beemoth larvaa photogTaplied exact size. 



Web and cocoons in the center of a brood-frame. 



Another picture represents a cluster of 

 bee-moth larvae photogi'aphed life size. This 

 was fastened between a brood-frame and 

 the end of the hive. 



York, Pa. 



[Some time ago, a hive of empty comb 

 was left out by mistake at one of our out- 

 yards. When we found it the combs were 

 literally covered with moth larva\ The large 

 illustration shows the result but gives only 

 a faint idea of the number of tiny larvae, 

 the moth webs, and the channels through tlie 

 comb. — Ed.] 



