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. *****ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY***** THAT'S IT FOR THE MOMENT, CHEERS TO ALL, PETER KEVAN, U OF GEULPH, CANADA.