In HONEYBEE SCIENCE Vol. 11, No. 1 are a number of interesting articles
mostly in Japanese, bit some have English summaries. I point out the
more important articles:
 
Kazuo Murakami & Takao Itino
Foraging behavior of pollinator bees on Chinese milk vetch Astragalus
sinicus (Leguminosae) in relation to diurnal nectar-secreting pattern
of the flowers. pp. 11-16
Lab. of Applied Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University,
Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-07, Japan.
 
Takuro Irokawa
Induction of the queen substance (9-ODA) synthesis in the worker mandibular
gland implanted in the queen honeybee, Apic mellifera L. pp. 17-20
Faculty of Agriculture, Tamagawa University, Machida-shi, Tokyo, 194, Japan
 
Seita Fujiwara
Notes on the biology of Apis cerana japonica and endeavor of their conservation
in northern Japan. pp. 21-26
3-10 Wakasono-cho, Morioka-shi, Iwate, 020 Japan
 
OTHER JOURNALS
 
Romel, K. 1989 (1990). Reproductive behaviour of the greater wax moth,
Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Proc. entomol. Soc. Ontario
120: 74 (Abstract)
Dept. Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont N1G 2W1,
Canada.
 
Agren, J. 1989. Seed size and number in Rubus chamaemorus: between-habitat
variation, and effects of defoliation and supplemental pollination.
J. Ecology 77(4):1080-1092.
Dept. Forest Site Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
S-901 83 Umea, Sweden.
 
ISRAEL JOURNAL OF BOTANY has special issue dedicated to Prof J. Galil on the
occasion of his 75th birthday:
             ADVANCES IN POLLINATION ECOLOGY
CONTAINS 17 papers, but not specifically any on honeybees. Most of the papers
have a botanical thrust.
AVAILABLE for $27.50 U.S. from Weizmann Science Press,
                               P. O. Box 801
                               Jerusalem 91007
                               Israel.
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THAT'S IT FOR THE MOMENT, CHEERS TO ALL, PETER KEVAN, U OF GEULPH, CANADA.