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])edes (or wood-lice), spiders, libellulas and other enemies 

 of bees. These lesser enemies are detailed at length and in 

 a scientific manner, with engravings, in the work of Prof. 

 Cook, "The Bee-Keeper's Guide," to which we refer the 

 lovers of entomological study. If the Apiarist keeps his 

 colonies strong, they will usually be their own best protectors, 

 for, unless they are guarded by thousands ready to die in 

 their defense, they are ever liable to fall a prey to some of 

 their many enemies, who are all agreed on this one point, at 

 least— that stolen honey is much sweeter than the slow ac- 

 cumulations of patient industry. 



