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MOTH MILLER 
Combs infested by the lesser wax moth. This photograph was sent us by George W. Tebbs, Hespeler, 
Ontario, Canada, who wrote that the frame was taken frofri a hive which had originally contained an Italian 
colony, but which had been empty during the winter. 
moths are unknown. The great elevation 
seems to be more than they can stand. 
There is, however, a very small wax worm, 
but it is not the same that ordinarily trou¬ 
bles beekeepers. 
THE MOTH MILLER SOMETIMES A BLESSING 
IN DISGUISE. 
The moth miller is not altogether an un¬ 
mitigated nuisance. This pest, as already 
explained, seldom troubles the professional 
or up-to-date beekeeper. It is only the 
slipshod, careless, don't-read-the-papers- 
class that it visits. Their bees become 
weaker and weaker, and finally die in the 
winter, leaving combs more or less filled 
with honey, and smeared over with the 
dead matter from foul brood. Unfortu¬ 
nately, these “old gums” containing dis¬ 
eased honey are a constant source of infec¬ 
tion to all the bees in their vicinity. The 
healthy bees within range rob them out. 
In the mean time the moth millers, if pres¬ 
ent, get in their work. Their larvas de- 
Work of the Mediterranean flour moth. 
