DESTRUCTION OF WORMS. 
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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 FOR WREN. 
If you would take the trouble to put up a cage or 
two 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. 
