MAWAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES. 147 
CHAPTER XXIII. 
METHOD OF DESTROYING OR PREVENTING 
THE DEPREDATIONS OF THE BEE MOTH. 
Tis insect is extremely alert in discover- 
ing any crevice by which it may penetrate 
into the hive, and easily effects its purpose 
if the Bees are not numerous, and there is no 
sentinel on watch. They lay their eggs in 
the sides of the hive, or in the rubbish on the 
floor, or even in the combs which are far- 
_ thest from the entrance. , Every egg con- 
tains an insect, which in due time becomes 
amoth. It appears first under the form ofa 
worm or larva, and it is in this stage that it 
commits its ravages, extending its galleries 
or covered ways throughout every quarter 
of the interior, and devouring the wax and 
comb, and the exuviee of Bee nymphs, and, 
very probably, the nymphs themselves. Cer- 
tain it is that the population of a hive in- 
fested by these destructive .creatures, di- 
