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Published Monthly at $1.00 a Year, by American Bee Journal, First National Bank Building 



C. p. DADANT. Editor. 



DR. C. C. MILLER. Associate Editor. 



HAMILTON, ILL., OCTOBER, 1915 



Vol. LV..— No. 10 



Wilinon Newell to Florida 



After several years as State Ento- 

 mologist for Texas, Wilmon Newell, 

 well known to most of our readers, 

 has accepted the position of State Plant 

 Commissioner for Florida. 



This means that Mr. Newell is giving 

 up for the present his work with the 

 bees to become plant commissioner. 

 We feel very sure, however, that he will 

 not, in any case, lose his interest in bees 

 and beekeeping. Without a doubt he 

 will do all he can in the interests of 

 beekeeping at his new location. 



Recovery of .1. E, Pleasants 



We are happy to state that Mr. 

 Pleasants has recovered from the acci- 

 dent mentioned on page 297 of the 

 September number. A short contribu- 

 tion from him will be found in this 

 number. 



Our Front Cover Pioture 



On our front cover for this number 

 we give a partial view of the 240 col- 

 ony home apiary of Mr. E. L. Hofman, 

 of Janesville, Minn. He is, no doubt, 

 the largest beekeeper in Minnesota. 

 We hope to have an article from him 

 soon with views of his other apiaries. 



Although not of rugged health, Mr. 

 Hofman does nearly all the work on 

 his several hundred colonies himself. 



A National Honey Day 



Mr. Geo. W. Williams, former secre- 

 tary of the National Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation and editor of the "Booster," is 

 an enthusiast and believes in boosting 

 the sale of honey. He suggests that 



Thanksgiving day be made the National 

 Honey Day. In order to succeed in 

 doing this successfully, it is necessary 

 that all beekeepers unite in pushing 

 this date for that purpose. What do 

 our readers say? 



We understand that this matter will 

 be taken up by all the bee magazines of 

 the United States, in order to make the 

 day popular. There has never been any 

 difficulty in making a certain day 

 "Peach day" in cities where the deal- 

 ers united in the matter. Thanksgiving 

 is already "Turkey day," and there is 

 no reason why we cannot make a suc- 

 cess of it as " Honey day " if we start 

 the ball rolling and keep at it. 



Flowers and Bugs 



We acknowledge receipt from our 

 able correspondent, Mr. John H. Lov- 

 ell, of Waldoboro, Maine, of a bulletin 

 entitled "The Origin of Anthophily 

 Among the Coleoptera." Our readers 

 will remember the interesting article 

 on this subject, entitled " Beetles and 

 Beekeeping," page 167 of our May num- 

 ber, by the same writer. Mr. Lovell is 

 an expert in entomology and botany, 

 and his writings on the connection of 

 these two sciences are of great value. 

 It is interesting to learn that, although 

 many coleoptera feed upon flowers, 

 they are " of little significance as polli- 

 nators of flowers." They do not com- 

 pare with the bees as pollen carriers 

 and agents of plant fertilization. 



Beekeeping in Wisconsin 



This is the title of a thesis submitted 

 for the degree of Master of Science 



at the University of Wisconsin by L. 

 V. France, who has had extensive api- 

 arian practice with his father, N. E. 

 France, at Platteville. The advance 

 sheets of this interesting work have been 

 submitted to us. The author is now 

 employed in apiary work, at the Col- 

 lege of Agriculture of Minnesota, near 

 St. Paul, in connection with Prof. F. 

 Jager, instructor and experimenter in 

 charge. 



This thesis gives valuable infoi mation 

 concerning the past and present status 

 of beekeeping in Wisconsin. A num- 

 ber of tables are appended, showing 

 the principal beekeeping regions own 



L. V. FRANCE 

 Assistant in Apiculture at Minnesota 



