74 THE BEE MOTH. 



meddles with them, they will "run out") that some- 

 thing is wrong with that hive. So he examines 

 them, and finds the combs a mass of webs, with 

 hundreds of moth millers among the combs, and the 

 combs themselves filled with vile worms. "Ah !" 

 he says, "the bee moth has destroyed that swarm 

 of bees ;" when in fact the moth had no more to do 

 with bringing about the loss than the maggots, 

 found in the carcass of a nice lamb destroyed by 

 dogs, had to do with destroying the life of the ani- 

 mal. "Oh," says some wise bee keeper, "I know 

 better than that for I have seen the bee moth flying 

 about my hives and trying to get in." Very well ; 

 I have seen the flesh fly circling about live animals, 

 but think you there was any danger from them, as 

 long as the animal w^as in health ? Not a bit. 

 Neither is there any danger from the bee moth, if 

 you keep your stocks of bees strong and healthy. 

 But if you have v^reak or diseased stocks, or have 

 honey in boxes in warm weather unprotected by. the 

 bees, look out for the bee moth. 



Fumigate with sulphur all combs taken from 

 hives in warm weather ; immediately after which, 

 seal up closely in well-made hives or boxes, to pre- 

 vent access by the moth miller. All combs taken 

 out late in the fall, and kept through the winter in a 

 place where they will be liable to freeze, may be 

 sealed up so the moth cannot gain access to them, 

 and the contents will keep safelv through the next 

 summer. Freezing destroys the vitality of the moth 

 eggs. Fumigating with sulphur, as directed in 

 "Care of Box Hone}- in Warm Weather," will de- 



