410 Bee Moth Described. 
on the comb, or even in the drone cells (Fig. 192, ¢), in 
which they become pup, and in two weeks, even less 
sometimes, during the extreme heat of summer, the moths 
again appear. In winter they may remain as pupz for 
months. The moths or millers—sometimes incorrectly 
called moth-millers—are of an obscure gray color, and thus 
so mimic old boards that they are very readily passed unob- 
served by the apiarist, They are about three-fourths of 
an inch long, and expand (Fig. 193) nearly one and one- 
Fic. 192. Fic. 193. 
fourth inches. The females are darker than the males, 
possess a longer snout, and are usually alittle larger. The 
wings, when the moths are quiet, are flat on the back for 
a narrow space, then slope very abruptly. They rest by 
day, yet, when disturbed, will dart forth with great swift- 
ness,so Réaumur styled them “nimble-footed.” They are 
active by night, when they essay to enter the hive and 
deposit their one or two hundred eggs. If the females are 
held in the hand they will often extrude their eggs; in 
fact they have been known to do this even after the head 
and thorax were severed from the abdomen, and, still more 
strange, while the latter was being dissected. 
It is generally stated that these are two-brooded, the 
first moths occurring in May, the second in August. Yet, 
as I have seen these moths in every month from May to 
