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“The bees have another enemy, too, which is always hovering about to find a chance to get into the busy little house; that is the bee-moth.”
Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
“If a colony has _lost its queen_, and this loss cannot be supplied, it must, as a matter of course, fall a sacrifice to the bee-moth: and I do not hesitate to assert that by far the larger proportion of colonies which are destroyed by it, are destroyed under precisely such circumstances!”
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
“I place very great reliance on the movable blocks which guard the entrance to my hive, to assist colonies in defending themselves against robbing bees, as well as the prowling bee-moth.”
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
“This, however, but seldom happens: for they rarely escape from the assaults of other colonies, even if after the death of their queen, they do not fall a prey to the bee-moth.”
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
“The bee keeper can easily gather from these remarks, the means upon which I most rely, to protect my colonies from the bee-moth.”
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
“If the sides of the hive are of glass, and the corners are run with a melted mixture, three parts rosin, and one part bees-wax, the bees will waste but little time in gathering propolis, and the bee-moth will find but little chance for laying her eggs, even if she should succeed in entering the hive.”
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
“In the common hives, but little can be done to dislodge the bee-moth, when once it has gained the mastery of the bees; whereas in mine, it can be most effectually rooted out when it has made a lodgment.”
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
“If this operation is judiciously performed, the bees will be powerful in numbers, long before the weather is warm enough to develop the bee-moth, and they will thus be most effectually protected from the hateful pest.”
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
“The bee-moth infects our Apiaries, just as weeds take possession of a fertile soil; and the negligent bee-keeper will find a”
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
“Notwithstanding the large number of patent hives which have been introduced, the ravages of the bee-moth have increased, and success is becoming more and more precarious.”
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
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It's a Lepidopteran
Names of butterflies and moths that I find interesting, and terms associated with citizens of Lepidoptera.
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