THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 235 



Minnesota Legislature Appropriates Money to Establish a 

 Department of Apiculture at the State University. 



By P. J. Doll, President Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 Nicollet Island. 



I am pleased to report that the -Minnesota Legislature in its 

 recent session has enacted a bill which provides that $3,000 per year 

 be added to our University appropriation for the purpose of estab- 

 lishing and maintaining an Apiculture Department. The bill has 

 been signed by the governor and is now a law, and it is up to the 

 University authorities to appoint a competent man. 



■ At a special meeting of the Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, held ^Monday, ]\lay 5th, a motion was duly made and unani- 

 mously carried that we recommend to the Board of Regents of the 

 L'niversity of ^^linnesota that Dr. L. D. Leonard be placed at the 

 head of the Apicultural Department, at the Agricultural College in 

 ^Minnesota. 



Dr. L. D. Leonard was born in 18.59 in the State of ]\Iaine. He 

 received a high school education and later studied dentistry. Came 

 to ^Minnesota in 1882 and practiced dentistry. He is a charter mem- 

 ber of the ]\Iinneapolis Dental Society and of the Minnesota State 

 Dental Association, and has been an officer of these associations for 

 3^ears. Was connected with the Dental College of the University 

 as Professor of Dental Surgery in the years 1886-7-8. Has kept 

 bees for over twenty years at Breezy Point, Lake Minnetonka, 

 Alinn., at one time operating seventy-five colonies, which were 

 nearly wiped out by foul brood some five or six years ago. He 

 has been a member of the ^Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Association for 

 sixteen or twenty years, has been secretary of the Association for 

 four years or more, and has held the office of president for at least 

 eight years. 



If the Lmi^-ersity authorities will appoint Dr. L. D. Leonard 

 at the head of the Apicultural Department we will certainly have 

 a good man. 



Recently I ordered the Queen adv. next to outside cover, 



discontinued. Now, as we have had a I believe the Review a good adver- 



good rain and a good honey flow on, tising medium for the queen-breeder, 



my prospects look so much brighter Yours trulv, 



than when I last wrote you, I am en- j ^ Simmons 



closing check and request that you J- - • - ^ . 



please use the same space as before, Sabinal, Texas, May 5th, 1913. 



A Bill 



For the suppression of contagious diseases among bees in the State 

 of Michigan, by creating the office of inspector of apiaries, to 

 define the duties thereof, and to appropriate money therefor : 



