3o6 [December, 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



Published monthly (except July and August), in charge of the joint 

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 of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, and the American Entomological 

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Philadelphia, Pa., December, 1896, 



With this volume of the News Mr. E. T. Cresson's connec- 

 tion with the journal as treasurer will cease. For seven years 

 Mr. Cresson has acted in this capacity, and our subscribers know 

 how well this has been done. The entire work of getting out 

 the journal has been his, or, in other words, the large amount 

 of necessary labor, except that of editing, has been done by our 

 worthy treasurer. Editing the " Transactions" of the American 

 Entomological Society, and acting as treasurer of the Society, 

 as well as of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences, is work enough for any man who is also actively 

 engaged in other pursuits. Mr. Cresson will, however, continue 

 as an honored member of the Advisory Committee of the News, 

 and his valuable aid and advice will be accorded journal as in 

 the past. 



According to a Paris journal a French scientist is trying to compel 

 bees to make medicated honey for the cure of various diseases. He 

 keeps the bees under glass and furnishes only such flowers as possess 

 the desired properties. By the different kinds of honey thus produced 

 influenza, coughs and colds, indigestion, asthma and many other ills are 

 said to be readily if indirectly reached. These medicines ought to be 

 decidedly palatable. 



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