The larvae seem not to feed upon the honey or wax but 
upon the old pollen left in the cells, though they will often 
gnaw through the thin walls of the cells to get from one into 
another. This insect does not trouble the combs in hives 
occupied by bees but only combs that have pollen and are 
stored away for future use. 
Remedy — Inclose the infested combs in a tight box with 
carbon bisulphide. Use a teaspoonful of the liquid to each 
cubic foot of space in the box. 
To destroy the worms in mills, use about one quart to 
each 1,000 cu. ft. of space. Always be careful not to bring 
fire in contact with the lumes as they are explosive when 
mixed with air. 
ANTS. 
Ants often become troublesome in the pantry, the lawn 
or the apiary and many inquiries are received as to how 
they may be destroyed. Where the hill can be found, thrust 
a stake into it to the depth of about a foot, pour in two or 
three ounces of carbon bisulphide, stamp the hole full of 
dirt, and then throw a damp blanket over the hill to hold 
down the fumes. The fumes of the carbon bisulphide are 
explosive when mixed with air, so care must be used not to 
bring fire in contact with this substance unless for the pur- 
pose of exploding the fumes in the ant hill. 
If the ants are troubling in the house, thoroughly dust 
the ants and their run-ways with insect powder (Pyrethrum.) 
THE BED BUG. {tlLCcnthia Jectularia Linn.) 
I take it for granted that this unwelcome guest of some 
•of the homes of this country is not familiar to all my read- 
ers and so briefly describe it as a light yellow to dark brown 
bug, without wings, about one-fourth of an inch in length 
when fully grown, and very fiat. The color and shape to- 
gether has suggested to someone the very polite name “ma- 
hogany flat.” Like other evil-doers, it avoids the light and 
is often unseen and not suspected in sleeping apartments 
where it is present in large numbers. Its hiding places are 
usually in cracks of the bedstead, under the binding of 
matresses, under wall-paper and similar places of conceal- 
ment. In these places the eggs ( nits) which are elongate 
white objects, of very small size, are deposited, sometimes 
in great numbers. 
