aed 
unlefs you make the Mouth too large, 
they can no Ways enter your Boxes. 
_ The Morh is; in Appearance, the 
weakeft of all their Enemies, yet de- 
ftroys more Bees, than all their Ene- 
mies befides. She lays her Eggs un- 
der the Skirts of the Hives, and the 
Warmth of the Bees. hatch them to 
their own Deftru€tion. From the 
Eggs iffues forth a {mall whitifh Worm, 
or Caterpillar, which inftantly {pins 
itfelf a fine, filken Sheath, or Gallery, 
which protects it from the Attacks of 
the Bees: For thefe Galleries being 
wrought like a Spider’s Webb, the Bees 
avoid them, it may be fuppofed, for 
Fear of being entangled therein. Thefe 
Worms, as they increafe in Bulk, en- 
large their Galleries, till they reach 
the Combs, when putting out their 
Heads, which’ are armed with Scales, 
as with a Helmet, and fo impenetrable 
by the Bees Stings, they fecurely feed 
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