222 DISEASES AND ENEMIES OF BEES. 
can not reach them. Where the mat hugs closely to the 
frame, they will often be found between it and the frame. 
Some of them frequent the hive apparently for honey 
Fig. 85. Fig. 86. 
“ HONEY BUG.” TRICHODES APIARIUS. 
alone; others seem to be found only in the dust under 
the cluster, while yet others appear to feed upon the 
bees, especially the young and immature bees that are 
thrown from the combs. The insect found most fre- 
quently in the dust is a small chestnut-brown beetle, 
about one-twelfth of an inch in length, and clothed, as 
seen under the microscope, with the most minute hairs. 
This beetle is given at fig. 85, of course greatly enlarged. 
As this is supposed to feed upon 
honey, it is known to bee-keepers ° 
as the ‘‘Honey-bug.” A beetle, 
which in Europe destroys the 
larvee of the bee, is Trichodes 
apiartus ; I have occasionally de- 
tected what appears to be this in- 
sect, as it agrees well with Pack- 
ard’s figure, which is here given in 
fig. 86. Some evidently harbor in 
the minute pores of the wood, as 
often, when I have brought a bottom-board into a warm 
room for examination, scores would shortly appear where 
Fig. 87.—SEED GLASS. 
