412 Exterminating the Bee Moth. 
trated by setter and pointer dogs. In time, may not this 
account for all those varied actions, usually ascribed to 
instinct? At least I believe the bee to be a creature of no 
small intelligence. 
REMEDIES. 
In Europe, late writers give very little space to this 
moth. Once a serious pest, it has now ceased to alarm, or 
even disquiet the intelligent apiarist. In fact, we may 
almost call it a blessed evil, as it will destroy the bees of 
the heedless, and thus prevent injury to the markets by 
their unsalable honey, while to the attentive bee-keeper it 
will work no injury at all. Neglect and ignorance are the 
moth breeders. 
As already stated, Italian bees are rarely injured by 
moths, and strong colonies never. As the enterprising 
apiarist will only possess these, it is clear that he is free 
from danger. The intelligent apiarist will also provide 
not only against weak but queenless colonies as well, 
which from their abject discouragement are the surest 
victims to moth invasion. Knowing that destruction is 
sure, they seem, if not to court death, to make no effort to 
delay it. 
As my friend, Judge J. H. Andrews, asserts, no bees, 
black or Italian, will be troubled with these insects so 
long as all the combs are covered with bees. 
In working with bees an occasional web will be seen glis- 
tening in the comb, which should be picked out with a knife 
till the manufacturer—the ruthless larva—is found, when 
it should be crushed. Any larva seen about the bottom 
board, seeking place to spin its cocoon, or any pupe 
either on comb or in a crack, should also be killed. If. 
through carelessness, a colony has become thoroughly ae 
timized by these filthy wax devourers, then the bees and 
any combs not attacked should be transferred to another 
hive, after which the old hive should be sulphured by use 
of the smoker, as before described; then by giving one or 
two each of the remaining combs to strong colonies, after 
killing any pup that may be on them, they will be 
cleaned and used, while by giving the enfeebled colony 
