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—The same as the hive of Thorley— The Huish hive- 

 Best materials for the construction of hives— Singular bee 

 hive of Monsieur Biege at Lileau— Number of modified 

 hives — General remarks • 242 



CHAPTER XI. 



ON THE ENEMIES OF BEES. 



Bees, a great number of enemies — Precautions to be used 

 against the common and the field mouse — Signs of the 

 ravages of the mouse — Erroneous method of placing the 

 hives, the cause of their destruction — The snail, a vile 

 enemy of the bee — The single pedestal the best preventive 

 against the attack of enemies — The winter, the season for 

 the attack of the mouse — Construction of a mouse trap — 

 Spider webs to be removed from the vicinity of the apiary 

 — Defects of the cottage hive in ascertaining the attacks of 

 insects — The wasp, a formidable enemy of the bee — Opin- 

 ion of Reaumur — Statement of Mendez de Torres (note) 

 — The destruction of the mother wasp strongly recom- 

 mended — Method of destroying a wasp's nest — Advantage 

 of plastering the hive to the pedestal — Practice of hanging 

 bottles in the vicinity of the apiary injurious — The ant, a 

 great enemy of the bee — The toad — The field rat — Ad- 

 vice of Feburier — Construction of a rat-trap— Birds, great 

 enemies to bees — The woodpecker — The tom-tit — The 

 swallow — The wax moth — Signs of the attack of the wax 

 moth — Description of the wax moth — Account of the 

 manner in which it destroys the combs — Season of its 

 appearance — Opinion of the French apiarians — Method 

 of Lombard for destroying the wax moth — The death- 

 head sphinx — Its effects on the bees — Account of the 

 fortifications erected, according to Huber, by the bees — 

 Confirmed by Lombard — Bees infected with lice — Doubts 

 of their injury to bees — The bear — The fox — The 

 badger — Sagacious plan of the bear to obtain possession of 

 a hive — Anecdote of a fox by Mr. Ducarne — The pig, a 

 dangerous enemy to hives — A litter of pigs stung to death 

 — The lizard — The newt — Plan adopted by L'Abbe" della 

 Rocca for their destruction — General remarks 293 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE PILLAGE OF HIVES— ITS SIGNS, AND METHOD OF 

 PREVENTION. 



The pillage of hives not properly attended to— Erroneous 

 opinion of Lombard— The chief causes of pillage— Parti- 



