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antenpse to the utmost, and moving them to the right and to the left 

 alternately. Woe to the unfortunate moth that comes within their 

 reach ! ' It is curious,' says Huber, ' to observe how artfully the moth 

 knows how to profit by the disadvantage of the bees (who require 



COMB DESTROYED BY BEE-MOTH LARV.E. 



much light for seeing objects), and the precautions taken by the latter 

 in reconnoitring and expelling so dangerous an enemy. ' " 



REMEDIES. 



The most effectual remedies against all attacks of insects, 

 including the moth, is to keep all the colonies strong, and by using 

 movable frame hives an enemy can be easily dislodged. The 

 bottom-board of a suspected hive should be occasionally exa- 

 mined ; for if the bee-moth has gained a footing in the hive, 

 the eggs and larvae may be often found upon it, when of course 

 they must be at once removed and destroyed. If, however, 

 any colony should have become, through neglect, hopelessly 

 injured by these moths, then the bees should be transferred to 

 another hive, and the old one, with its combs, fumigated with 

 sulphur. 



It is now an established fact, that wherever Italian bees are 

 introduced, there this terrible scourge ceases to exist, and there- 

 fore this one feature alone is enough to justify the introduction 

 of Italian bees in the place of blacks. 



BEE-MITE. 



My attention was called last May (188,5), by Mr. A. Bqw, of 

 Hokianga, to an insect he had found in his hives in great num- 



