I am making a collection of minerals, and I would gladly exchange with any of the readers of Young People.
Carrie Thorner,
185 Hurn Street, Toledo, Ohio.
J. B.—Honey-bees were unknown in America until they were brought here by early European settlers. On this account the honey-bee is called white man's fly by the Indians.
W. A.—From your description your "queer animal" appears to belong to the family of caddis-worms. If he is a member of this family, he is a scavenger, and will feed himself on the bits of decayed matter in the water. After a while he will cling to some weed near the surface, and spin a chrysalis, from which the caddisfly will break forth.
"Capt. Frank."—The directions you require are in Young People No. 26.