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cocoons. These should be removed every few days, 

 and the worms destroyed, and the trap put back. Do 

 not neglect it till they change to the moth, and you 

 have nothing but to remove the empty cocoon. 



BOX rOR WEE^f. 



If you would take the trouble to put up a cage or 

 tv?o for the wren to nest in, he would be a valuable 

 assistant in this department of your labor. He would 

 be on the lookout when you were away, and many 

 worms, while looking up a hiding-place in some cor- 

 ner, would be relieved from all further trouble by 

 being deposited in his crop. The cage for him need 

 not be more than four inches square ; it may be fasten- 

 ed near as possible to the bees ; to a post, tree, or side 

 of some building a few feet high. I have seen the 

 skull of some animal (horse or ox) used, and is very 

 convenient for them, the cavity for the brains being 

 used for the nest. A person once told me the 

 wren would not build in one that he had put up. On 

 examination, the stake to support it was found driven 

 into the only entrance. I mention this to show how 

 little some people understand what they do. It is 

 sometimes well enough to know why a thing is to be 

 done, as to know it must be done. I could tell you to 

 do a great many things, but then you would like to 

 know why, then how to do it. Now if this prolixity is 

 unnecessary for you, another may need it. You must 

 remember I am endeavoring to teach some few to keep 

 bees, who are not over supplied with ingenuity. 



