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few days come out of tlieir silken cases per- 
fect winged insects or millers, and arc soon 
ready to deposit tlieir eggs, from which an- 
other crop will be raised. 
The miller, or perfect moth, is of a gray- 
ish color, from three-fourths of an inch to an 
inch in length. They usually lie perfectly 
still in the day time, with their head down- 
wards, lurking in and about the apiary. They 
enter the hive in the night, and deposit their 
eggs in such places as arc uncovered — of 
course unguarded by the bees. These eggs 
hatch in a short time, varying according to 
circumstances, probably fiom two or three 
days to four or live months. At an early 
stage of their existence, while yet a small 
worm, they spin a web, and construct a silk- 
en shroud, or fortress, in which they envelope 
themselves, and form a sort of path, or gal- 
lery, as they pass onward in their march; at 
thej same time being perfectly secure from the 
bees, in their silken case j which they widen | 
as they grow larger, with an opening in their 
front only, near their head, they commit the 
greatest havoc and devastation on the eggs, 
