. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 43° The Bee Mite. abdomen imperfectly ringed with yellow. The wasps are very predaceous,and do immense benefit by capturing and eating our insect pests. I have seen wasps carry off "cur- rant worms" with a celerity that was most refreshing. As the solitary wasjis are too few in numbers to do much damage—even if they ever do any—any great damage which may occur would doubtless come from the social paper-makers. In this case, we have only to find the nests and apply the torch, or hold the muzzle of a shot-gun to th
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. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 43° The Bee Mite. abdomen imperfectly ringed with yellow. The wasps are very predaceous, and do immense benefit by capturing and eating our insect pests. I have seen wasps carry off "cur- rant worms" with a celerity that was most refreshing. As the solitary wasjis are too few in numbers to do much damage—even if they ever do any—any great damage which may occur would doubtless come from the social paper-makers. In this case, we have only to find the nests and apply the torch, or hold the muzzle of a shot-gun to the nest and shoot. This should be done at nightfall when the wasps have all gathered home. Let us not forget that the wasps do much good, and so not practice wholesale slaughter unless we have strong evidence against them. A BEE MITB. It has long been known to chicken fanciers that our poul- try often suffer serious injury from a small mite. Other mites attacked the cow, the horse, the sheep, etc. During the past Spring a lady bee-keeper of Connecti- FlG. 220.. cut discovered these mites in her hives while investigating to learn the cause of their rapid depletion. She had noticed that the colonies were greatly reduced in number of bees, and upon close observation she found that the diseased or [ liling colonies were covered with these mites. A cele-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.