FRANK CHAPMAN PELLETT
PELLETT, FRANK CHAPMAN: Naturalist; b Cass Co, Iowa July 12, 1879; s of Ambrose Pellett-Ellen Chapman; ed Cass Co; Atlantic HS 1894; Beta Beta Beta, hon mbr; m Ada Neff April 8, 1902 Atlantic; s Kent Louis; Melvin Ambrose, Fred Gustin; d Ruth Mona (Mrs William G Barnard); 1900-02 read law S H Rudolph off, Atlantic; 1902-04 opr fruit farm, Salem Mo; 1905 adm to Mo Bar; 1905-07 prac law, Gustin & Pellett; 1907-12 estab lab for study of biological problems; pub lecturer & free lance writer on biological subjects, Cass Co; 1912-17 first state apiarist, Iowa; 1918-24 managing editor American Bee Journal, Hamilton Ill, 1924- field editor American Bee Journal, Hamilton Ill; owner & opr farm, ofcl substation of Iowa Agr Experiment station for investigation of bee keeping problems with Amer Bee Journal; author of Productive Bee Keeping 1916, Our Back Door Neighbors 1917, Practical Queen Rearing 1918, Beginners Bee Book 1919, American Honey Plants 1920, Birds of the Wild 1928, Romance of the Hive 1931, Flowers of the Wild 1932, History of American Bee Keeping 1938; co-author with son Melvin Practical Tomato Culture 1929; contributor to Country Gentleman since 1914, to Mentor, Ladies Home Journal, Womens Home Companion, Farm & Fireside, & encyclopedias; hon VP Apis Club of England; hon mbr Bee Kingdom League, Cairo Egypt; hon mbr Kiwanis; IOOF; SAR; Meth Ch; Rep; hobbies: scouting trips into wold country; off & res Pellett Gardens, Atlantic.
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From "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 201.
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