220 Of the various Enemies of Bees, 
render the remedy worfe than the difeafe. This 
fhould, therefore, be cautioufly avoided; and 
indeed, in general, this method is of no great 
fervice. : 
The large moth, called the wax MOTH, from 
-its maggots feeding on the wax, is another . 
ereat enemy of the bees. This animal is ex- 
tremely alert at difcovering any crevice, about 
the outfide of the fkirts of the hive, to depofit 
her eggs in; and when unfuccefsful in fuch 
attempts, fhe nimbly runs in at the entry, un- 
perceived by the bees, and lays her eggs, which © 
quickly become large white maggots, above 
half‘an inch each in length, Thefe maggots 
{pin over themfelves a covering for their de- 
fence, and become very numerous in fome 
hives. Their depredations difcourage the bees 
fo much, that they fometimes defert the hive. 
- For my own part, I never fuffered the fmall- 
eft lofs by thefe invaders: I never daw one of 
their maggots in any of my hives, except twice 
or thrice, that | obferved a few of them in one 
hive; and I never heard any bee-mafter in my 
neighbourhood complain of them. But, a- 
bout twenty miles diftant, I once faw a dozen. 
of wax moths in one hive ; and the owner told — 
me, that he had once two hives in one feafon, 
which 
