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provincial Departments of 

 with the protection of field 

 In order to cope with 

 insects over so vast an area 

 tories are being established 

 established and are located . 

 and British Columbia and 



Agriculture that are likewise concerned 



crops, forests and orchards, 

 the varying conditions and habits of 

 as the Dominion, field stations or labora- 

 Six such stations have already been 



in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec 

 two in Ontario. Plans are under way 



Station at Bridgetown, N.S. 



One of the Entomological field laboratories established in several provinces for the 

 investigation of local problems. 



for establishing one or two field stations in the Prairie Provinces for 

 the study of insects injurious to cereals. 



An apiary is maintained in connection with the Division for 

 experimental purposes and large numbers of inquiries are received 

 relating to bee-keeping and especially to the treatment and .preven- 

 tion of bee diseases which are spreading to a serious extent in Eastern 

 Canada. Special attention is being given to the breeding of bees 

 with a view to obtaining varieties most suitable to Canada and most 

 resistant to disease. 



THE DIVISION OF BOTANY. 



The work of the Division of Botany is broad in scope and far 

 reaching in results. It deals on the one hand with agricultural 

 botany which finds expression in a study of weeds, poisonous plants. 



