April, '16] REVIEWS 317 



There should be a few to a number of hives on every farm. The 

 returns from each would not be large and yet the value of the aggre- 

 gate production would amount to an enormous sum. This type of 

 conservation requires no preliminarj^ legislation, simply a little individ- 

 ual initiative. The section of Apiary Inspection has already done 

 much to popularize bee-keeping and entomologists generally will find 

 it decidedly advantageous to give due emphasis to this phase of their 

 work. 



Reviews 



Productive Bee-keeping, Modern Methods of Production and Mar- 

 keting of Honey by Frank C. Pellett, pp. i-xiv, 1-302, 134 

 text figures, 1916. J. B., Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and 

 London. $1.50 net. 



This attractive addition to Lippincott's Farm Manuals abounds in excellent illus- 

 trations and is evidently WTitten by one in love with his work. The subject-matter 

 is presented in an admirable manner, the author at the outset dweUing upon the 

 friendly relations which should exist between the bee-keeper and his charges, and 

 incidentally commends them to the attention of the nature-lover. 



The business opportunities are discussed in a somewhat conservative though 

 optimistic manner and there is no doubt but that the country would be materially 

 benefited if bee-keeping was more general. The beginner wiU find in this work 

 commonsense suggestions for starting and managing an apiary, all phases being 

 considered from the location of the apiary to the removing and marketing of the 

 honey. There is a full discussion of bee diseases, an interesting chapter on laws that 

 concern the bee-keeper and at the end of each chapter a number of questions, evi- 

 dently designed to facilitate the use of the volume as a text-book. Both amateur 

 and professional will find much of interest and value in this addition to the long 

 series of bee books (Advertisement) . 



The Ecological Society of America. A meeting of ecologists was held at Columbus 

 in Convocation Week to take action upon the proposal made at the Philadelphia 

 Meeting for the formation of a society of ecologists. Over fifty persons were present 

 and the Organization Committee held letters from about fifty others who expressed 

 interest in the project. In \aew of these facts it was unanimously voted to organize 

 imder the name. The Ecological Society of America. It was decided to em-oU as 

 charter members not only those present at the organization, but also those who had 

 by letter expressed a desire to be included in the membership, as well as those joining 

 prior to April 1, 1916. A constitution which had been drafted by the Organization 

 Committee was adopted, and the following officers were elected: President, Prof. 

 V. E. Shelf ord, of the University of Illinois; vice-president, Prof. W. M. Wheeler, of 

 Harvard University; secretary-treasurer. Dr. Forrest 'Shreve, of the Desert Labora- 

 tory. The first regular annual meeting will be held in New York during the next 

 Convocation Week, where a program will be arranged in harmony with the programs 

 of other societies, so as to minimize serious conflict. Frequent field meetings wUl be 

 held under the auspices of the society, — four having already been arranged for the 

 coming summer. Several proposals for the carr>'ing out of cooperative investigations 

 are also being entertained by the members of the society. 



5 



