102 THE FLORIDA BUGGIST 
f. Fore femora not enlarged. 
g. Mouth cone acute. 
h. Tube short; eyes pro- 
longed on ventral side 
of head; a pair of long 
bristles on vertex at in- 
ner angles of eyes; in- 
termediate antennal 
segments obliquely trun- 
cate at both base and 
apex. 
Omnatothrips Hood 715. 
hh. Tube, eyes and cephalic 
bristles not as above; 
antennal segments nor- 
ORM Sate Liothrips Uzel. 
gg. Mouth cone blunt; individuals 
very large. 
Polyphemothrips 
Hood and Williams. 
ff. Fore femora greatly enlarged. 
Horistothrips Morgan ’13.. 
55. Frankliella tritici (Fitch). THE GRAIN THRIPS. 
A single specimen of the typical species as distinct from the common 
varieties was swept from Eupatorium ageratoides in November 1918. The 
antennal segments 2 are typically symmetrical and the measurements agree 
closely with those given for the species. The spcimen is, however, almost 
colorless except for the eyes, and the bristles in front of the ocelli are very 
small. This is the first specimen of the typical species the writer has seen 
from Florida. 
MODERN BEEKEEPING* 
By FRANK STIRLING 
One of the most fascinating pursuits and one that has shown 
a remarkable degree of expansion during the past few years is 
beekeeping. As in the case of other lines of endeavor, the 
tendency is more towards specialization. Authorities, such as 
Henry Alley, G. M. Doolittle and Frank C. Pellett, have found 
that, in order to develop beekeeping up to its present state of 
perfection, careful selection of the Queen Bee was necessary. The 
queen bee is the foundation of the community, or colony, because 
she is eventually the mother of all the bees in the hive. It is 
therefore necessary that she be vigorous, a rigorous egg layer, 
and like race horses, well bred. 
There are. many species of bees. During spring and summer 
*Read before the Florida Entomological Society on Dec. 30, 1918. 
