4 ■ B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER 



In submitting my report for the year 1917, I regret to state our 

 numbers have been sadly depleted owing to the demand made by the 

 necessities of the War, but, notwithstanding, we have made a little 

 progress, new names being added to our membership roll. There has 

 been a growing interest in the work of this Society. Mention was made, 

 early in the year, in several British Columbia newspapers, of the objects 

 of this Society and the work our members were interested in. Many 

 requests for information were received, and a number of insects were 

 received for identification. 



Our President, Mr. E. H. Blackmore, Messrs. R. C. Treherne, Geo. 

 Day, Dr. Cameron, and L. A. Breun, very kindly assisted in the work 

 of determination, and gave a brief account of the life-history of the 

 specimens. I received expressions of thanks and appreciation from the 

 persons sending. Two cases came from schools in the Fraser Valley. 

 I am of the opinion that this part of our work might be encouraged and 

 greater publicity given to it, so that those interested may be put in touch 

 with our members who specialize in the various orders. 



I have to report that during last August, my attention was drawn 

 to a case of disease affecting the brood of bees, in Burnaby. It is 

 commonly called European Foul-brood. The larva is affected very early 

 in its development, but the disease can be controlled by treatment. 



Our library has increased by the addition of several volumes of 

 Psyche, and The Annals of the Entomological Society of America. The 

 fund reserved for the purchase of books has not been drawn on very 

 heavily. This is quite ready for our members use. I have ordered 

 "Howard's Insect Book" and Comstock's "Handbook of Nature Study." 



Our finances at present are in good standing, and our Society has 

 paid all indebtedness to the parent Society in Ontario. 



It is not, perhaps, necessary for me to say how much I am indebted 

 to our President and Mr. R. C. Treherne for their generous assistance 

 during the past year, and the unremitting interest they have taken in the 

 work of the Society, so dear to us all. 



(Signed) WILLIAMS HUGH, 



Hon. Secretary-Treasurer. 



