Tens of thousands antique books are danger. They are being eaten by beetles. The centuries-old books are being taken the shelves of a library a medieval abbey in Hungary. Pannonhalma Abbey was founded in the year 996. It is four years older than the Kingdom of Hungary. One the books in danger is a complete Bible the 13th century. There are also hundreds of manuscripts before the invention of the printing press the mid-15th century. Library staff are carefully putting the books and manuscripts wooden boxes. The boxes are being sealed in large plastic sacks. The oxygen has been removed from the sacks. After six weeks oxygen, all of the beetles should be dead.
The insect eating the priceless books is the drugstore beetle, also known as the bread beetle. It usually feeds dried foodstuff, like wheat, flour and spices. The bugs like to eat the gelatin and starch-based glue that are used to make books. Library workers realized something was wrong when they found lots of dust the bookshelves. The librarians then found holes the books. These were caused the beetles chewing the paper. The person charge of getting rid the beetles said: "We've never encountered such a degree infection before." She explained she felt a lot responsibility saving the books. She said if a book is ruined, "a piece culture has been lost".
