CHAPTER XII 
Enemies of the Bee and Bee-keeper 
Bers, and with them the bee-keeper, are 
subject to annoyance and depredations from 
many enemies in the natural world. Some 
make direct attacks on the hive and their 
contents, and others, by destroying or inter- 
fering with the food supply of the bees, sadly 
deplenish the stores for which the bees work 
and on which the bee-keeper’s hopes rest. 
Among the former are insect-eating birds, 
spiders, moths, and other insects. Prominent 
in the other class are bud-eating birds and 
the green fly. Thus it will be seen that in 
both classes the enemies of the bees are also 
those of the gardener, so that no scruples 
need be felt in combating them with all the 
forces at our command. 
The Earwig.—Among the most tiresome 
of pests is the earwig. The bar-framed hive 
seems to suit its requirements in every parti- 
cular, and an opportunity is apparently never 
lost by it to enter and take possession. Any 
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