Mew bug calls continous bug, candle borer again, it is the larva of candle snout moth's larva, belong to division of candle snout moth's larva. Have big candle snout moth's larva and small candle snout moth's larva commonly. It is at the beginning of Xia Moqiu, if mew lienal put forward from inside bee colony, suffer candle snout moth's larva easily to kill, if mew lienal deposit is in warm indoor, with respect to snout moth's larva of meeting aggravate candle to kill. Candle snout moth's larva is concealed in rift by day, come out in the evening activity. Female moth and male moth are in nightly and copulatory, slip into next lay eggs in beehive. Female moth of snout moth's larva of every only big candle can lay eggs 2000- - 3000, small candle snout moth's larva can lay eggs 300- - 400. In the candle bits of the aperture that egg originates in beehive more, one's store of valuables. First the life in the bits of larval preexistence candle of hatch, 3- - the 4 mew on the Queen of heaven are lienal, be next before mew is lienal or the Cheng Xiaokeng is in to bite such as beehive wall and mew casing, knot chrysalis pupate, again emergence is imago. Because mew bug is in mew is lienal on wear channel, eat by moth feeds waxiness, spin spin, not only destroy mew badly lienal, and still cause apian larva or aurelian death, cause so called " hoary head is ill " , serious when still can cause bee colony to fly escape, suffer injury of You Yizhong bee is serious. Method of prevention and cure: 1, strengthen raise management. Raise strong group, into autumn when divide mite in time, make sure inside beehive enough feed is sweet, often maintain bee over lienal it is the first requirement that avoids mew bug enroach on. In addition, carry case even inside clean, often keep clear of the residual candle bits inside beehive. 2, remedial method: When group inside occurrence mew bug is when killing, besides undertaking in time keeping clear of artificially, but fall victim mew lienal put forward to use 2 vulcanization carbon, ice from inside bee colony second acid or combustion are sulfureous (SO2) wait for medicaments to fume kill, can have better remedial effect.
