90 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 5 



troublesome in the garden, snares were set. These consisted of 

 OX hoofs, hog hoofs, bowls of tobacco pipes and lobster claws. These 

 were stuffed with straw and attached to sticks, the sticks being stuck 

 in the ground adjacent to infested plants. At the approach of day- 

 light, the earwigs were supposed to crawl into these receptacles and 

 allow themselves to be shaken out and killed later. It certainly 

 must have looked curious to see such an array as the above, stuck 

 around a garden. 



For controlling grasshopper nymphs, a drove of two or three thou- 

 sand sheep could be driven on the infested land, thereby trampling 

 many to death and as for a first class pest like the Brown Tail Moth, 

 during the year 1782 — in many parishes near London, subscriptions 

 were opened and the poor people employed to cut off the webs at one 

 shilling per bushel. These were then burned under the supervision 

 of church-wardens, overseers and beadles of the parishes. 



From the foregoing, we can at least get an inkling of how the people 

 of a hundred years ago stood in relation to some insect pests. 



ASSOCIATION OF APIARY INSPECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES AND 



CANADA 



On December 30th, 1911, in Washington, D. C, there was formed a temporary 

 organization of the above name with a view to increasing the efficiency of apiary 

 inspection and to bring about a greater uniformity in the laws and more active co- 

 operation between the various iftspectors. 



A committee on permanent organization was formed to report at a meeting to be 

 held in Cleveland, Ohio, in December, 1912, in connection with the meeting of the 

 Association of Economic Entomologists. Professor Wilmon Newell, College Station, 

 Texas, is Chairman of this Committee. 



A standing committee was also appointed on legislation for the purpose of drawing 

 up a law incorporating the necessary and desirable features. The undersigned was 

 appointed Chairman of this Committee. 



All apiary inspectors and official entomologists of the United States and Canada 

 who are interested in the advancement of apiculture are invited and urged to join 

 in this movement for an increased efficiency in the fight against the brood diseases. 

 For the present it was decided to levy an assessment, $1.00 per year, on each member 

 to pay necessary expenses. It is hoped that arrangements may later be perfected 

 for affiliation with the Association of Economic Entomologists. Requests for mem- 

 bership and the assessment may be sent to the undersigned. 



Respectfully, 

 Dr. Burton N. Gates, ■ E. F. Phillips, 



Amherst, Mass., Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C, 



Chairman. Secretary. 



