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brood, and if necessary a good queen, if it has any vigor 
remaining it will soon be rejoicing in strength and pros- 
perity. 
We have already spoken of caution as to comb honey 
and frames of comb, and so need not speak further of them. 
THE WEE BEE MOTH. 
In 1887 another smaller moth attacked comb in New 
York and Michigan. Mr. W.J. Ellison of South Carolina 
writes me that this insect does much harm in his State. It 
is Ephestia interpunctella, Hiib., and belongs to the. same 
family of moths, Pyralide, or snout moths that contains 
the old bee moth, I shall call this (Fig. 194) the Wee 
Fic. 194. 
Wee Bee Moth, 
bee moth. The moths lay eggs in July and August, upon 
the comb. The larve feed in August, September and 
October upon the pollen, and do mischief by spreading 
their thin layer of silk over the combs. Mr. Ellison says 
the web on the comb honey is no small injury. Very 
likely there is an early summer brood. 
REMEDIES. 
The only suggestion I can offer at present is that the 
combs shall not be exposed. Fumigation, of course, will 
destroy these also, and might be desirable in case comb 
honey is injured. 
