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Yates (A. W.). Beekeeping for Connecticut. — Connecticut Agric. 



Exp. Sta., New Haven, Entom. Bull. no. 205, April 1918, 



pp. 425-446, 19 figs. 

 CoLEY (H. W.). Diseases of Bees : Their Detection and Treatment. — 



Connecticut Agric. Expt. Sta., New Haven, Bull. Immediate Inf. 

 no. 8, May 1918, 4 pp. 



Much useful information for keepers of bees is contained in these 

 bulletins. Various hives with suitable accessories are described, with 

 instructions as to the selection and care of bees, control of 

 swarming, production of honey, etc. The best preventives against, 

 and treatments for bee diseases are also discussed. 



QuAiNT.^NCE (A. L.)&SiEGLER (E.H.). Information for Fruit Growers 

 about Insecticides, Spraying Apparatus, and Important Insect 

 Pests.~U.S. Dept. Agric, Washington, B.C., Farmers' Bull, 

 no. 908, February 1918, 99 pp., 74 figs. [Received 20th August 

 1918.] 



A short summary of this bulletin states that it contains directions 

 for the preparation and use of the more important insecticides necessary 

 in combating the various insect pests of orchards, vineyards, etc., as 

 well as other information of use in preventing or reducing insect 

 losses in these crops. Various tj'pes of spra}ang apparatus, nozzles, 

 etc. are described and illustrated, with special reference to their use 

 in orchards and home grounds. A ready reference table for the 

 dilution of sprays is given and also a chart showing which sprays 

 may be combined and which plants treated with given sprays. The 

 paper concludes with a discussion of the more important insects 

 attacking the apple, pear, quince, peach, cherry, plum, grape, currant 

 and gooseberry, and gives spraying schedules for the treatment of 

 insects of the apple, peach and grape. 



•Garman (H.). Orchard Spraying.— iiCen^uc^?/ Expt. Sta., 22nd Bien. 

 Rept. Dept. Agric, Labor & Statistics, Lexington, 1916-1917, 

 23 pp., 12 figs. [Received 21st August 1918.] 



This paper describes the principles of spraying, and enumerates the 

 most useful mixtures for general use, giving formulae for their 

 preparation. The necessary spray machinery is described and a 

 spray calendar for orchards is included. 



Garman (H). Observations and Experiments on the Bean and Pea 

 Weevils in Kentucky. — Kentucky Agric. Expt. Sta., Lexington, 

 Bull. no. 213, December 1917, pp. 309-333, 8 figs. [Received 

 21st August 1918.] 



The beetles found attacking beans and peas in Kentucky include 

 Bruchus obtectus (common bean bruchus), B. qiiadriniaculatus, B. chin- 

 ensis (co\vpea bruchus) and B. pisorum (pea bruchus). The mild 

 winters in Kentucky render the beetles very troublesome at times, 

 particularly in small quantities of beans and peas stored for home 

 use. The damage done is described, as well as the stages of the 

 insects, which continue to breed throughout the winter in rooms 

 kept at sufficiently high temperatures. It is difficult to destroy these 



