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Mr. R. B. Willson, formerly extension specialist in beekeeping in Mississippi, 

 has been transferred to Cornell University where he will continue the extension 

 work carried on formerly by Mr. George H. Rea. 



The annual beekeepers' Chautauqua held by the University of Wisconsin will 

 be held at Green Bay, Wisconsin, the week beginning August 7th. E. F. Phillips, 

 E. R. Root, George S. Demuth, S. B. Fracker, H. F. Wilson and C. P. Dadant are 

 expected to attend and take part. 



On August 21 and 22 there will be meetings in Tennessee arranged for the South- 

 ern itinerary of beekeepers. On the 21st the meeting will be held at Clinton, 

 Tennessee, and the members of the East Tennessee Beekeepers' Association will 

 be present. On the 22 the meeting will be held in the queen rearing yard of 

 John M. Davis of Springhill, Tennessee, and the members of the Tennessee Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be present. The program for these meetings is being 

 made out at this time. Honey production in the State is considerably below 

 normal this year, due to the extended rainy season in the spring. 



The following appointments have been made in the Bee-Culture Office of the 

 Bureau of Entomology for the summer months: Mr. A. D. Shaftesbury to work 

 on the aging of worker bees; Mr. Bruce Lineburg to work on the responses of worker 

 bees to light; Mr. Bernard Kurrelmeyer to work on the transmission of lights of 

 various colors through honeys, for the purpose of establishing color standards for 

 extracted honeys; Mr. L. M. Bertholf to examine bees to determine whether the 

 mite causing the Isle of Wight disease is present; Miss Effie Ross, Miss Margaret 

 Swigart, Miss Winifred Hull and Mr. Paul Smith, temporary assistants. The 

 first four named are graduate students at Johns Hopkins University. 



Department Of Insecticides 



It is planned to review in a brief way, from month to month, the progress in insect 

 control, and especially to record the new insect controls and new insecticides. The 

 object is to place this information in a concise form before entomologists as prompt- 

 ly as possible since it is becoming difficult for those interested in insect control 

 problems to keep in constant touch with the newer discoveries. It is hoped that 

 we may utimately standardize, as far as is practicable, the control measures and 

 particularly formulas of standard insecticides. The need of such a standardization 

 was recently called to our attention when we had occasion to examine many publica- 

 tions containing insecticide formulas. 



Authors are requested to promptly send to the undersigned all papers giving 

 information on new insect controls and insecticides. 



The past year has been noteworthy for progress, or at least stimulation, in in- 

 secticide development. Probably no problem in control by insecticides has re- 

 ceived as much unusual attention and interest as the dust insecticides, particularly 

 the comparative value of dust and liquid treatments and the use of nicotine dust. 

 As a result several companies have placed on the market from 3 or 4 to 29 or more 

 dusting combinations. Following the interest in dust insecticides there has been 

 a corresponding progress in dusting equipment, resulting in the development of 

 several unique and useful machines. It is impossible at this early date to predict the 

 outcome. There are indications that dusting may find ausefulness in the control of 

 insects and diseases attacking orchard crops, but there is a larger outlook and a more 

 promising field for dust treatments in the control of vegetable crop pests. 



