22 MONTANA EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 442 



INDEX 



Page 

 INTRODUCTION 3 



MAJOR INSECT CONTROL PROBLEMS 4 



Grasshopper Control, 1945-46 , 4 



1945 Season : 5 



1946 Season 7 



Grasshopper Outlook for 1947 ...10 



OTHER IMPORTANT INSECT PESTS, 1945-46 .11 



Mormon Cricket .11 



Field Cricket —- 11 



Earwigs 12 



Alfalfa Weevil 12 



Clover Root Curculio 13 



Pea Weevil - 14 



Asparagus Beetle 14 



Wheat Stem Sawfly 15 



Hessian Fly , 16 



False Chinch Bug 16 



Army Cutworm , 16 



Wheat Tiger Moth 17 



Cattle Grubs 17 



Malaria Mosquitoes 17 



BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE MONTANA STATE 

 APIARIST, 1945-46 ^ 18 



Disease Control 19 



Law Enforcement - 19 



Value of Honey Bees to the State .^ .20 



