476 ENEMIES OF BEES. 



queen and killed. It appears that they can only propagate 

 in warm countries, for they exist in the South of Europe 

 and are unknown either in Russia, or in North America. 



824. Small ants often make their nests about hives, to 

 have the benefit of their warmth. They are annoying to the 

 Apiarist, but neither molest the bees nor are molested by 

 them. 



Our limits forbid us to to speak of wasps, hornets, mille- 

 pedes (or wood-lice), spiders, libellulas and other enemies 

 of bees. These lesser enemies are detailed at length and 

 in a scientific manner, with engravings, in the work of 

 Prof. Cook, "The Bee-Keeper's Guide," to which we refer 

 the lovers of entomological study. If the Apiarist keeps 

 his colonies strong, they will usually be their own best 

 protectors, for, unless they are guarded by thousands ready 

 to die in their defense, thej' are ever liable to fall a prey to 

 some of their many enemies, who are all agreed on this one 

 point, at least — that stolen honey is much sweeter than the 

 slow accumulations of patient industry, 



• Mr. Mannm gels ritl of them by placing a piece of tarred paper in the hives 

 where there ore some. The smell of tar drives them away. 



