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ENEMIES or BEES. 



cocoons, they even seem to relish woody fibre, foi' 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 untouched by them. 



Pig. 219. 



COCOONS SPUN BY LAHVAE OF BEE-MOTHS, 



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808. When obliced to steal their living among a strong 

 colony of bees, thej' seldom fare well enough to reach the 

 size which they attain when rioting at pleasure among the 



