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ENEMIES OP BEES. 



cocoons, they even seem to relish woody fibre, for they often 

 eat into the wood of the frames or of the hives in which they 

 are allowed to propagate, while comb-foundation remains 

 almost imtonehed by .them. 



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Fig. 219. 



COCOONS SPUN BY LARVAE OF BEE-MOTHS. 



808. When obliged to steal their living among a strong 

 colony of bees, they seldom fare well enough to reach the 

 size which they attain when rioting at pleasure among the 



