January, 1920 



G K E A X T N G S T N B K K C T T. T T R E 



11 



UNCLE SAM'S HELPING HAND 



What the Bureau of Entomology 

 Has Done and Is Doing for the 

 beekeepers of the United States 



By E. R. Root 



THE readers 

 of Gleanings 

 are all more 

 or loss familiar 

 with the work of 

 the Bureau of 

 Entomology at 

 Washington in 

 beekeeping, but 

 it may be of in- 

 terest to tell 



some of the more personal things about this 

 office that do not appear in the official cor- 

 respondence or in the bulletins. I have 

 visited the office many times and have come 

 to be well acquainted with everybody there, 

 and therefore take this opportunity to in- 

 troduce some of these folks who may not 

 be so well known to all of our readers and 

 to tell what they are doing. 



The office is located in Somerset, Md., a 

 suburb of Washington. It is easily reached 



from the city by 

 trolley, and mail 

 is delivered 

 daily from the 

 Bureau's office 

 by messenger. 

 These conveni- 

 ences and a hard- 

 worked tele- 

 phone keep the 

 office in close 

 touch with the main office of the Bureau 

 and with other offices of the Department of 

 Agriculture. Perhaps it will be well to add 

 that mail should be sent to the Department 

 at Washington and not to Somerset. 



The illustration shows the building in 

 which the office is housed. This was built 

 as a residence and has been leased by the 

 Department for a period of 10 years. It is, 

 in most respects, ideally suited to the needs 

 of the office. The experimental apiary is 



These are tlie employees at the Bee Culture Office at Somerset. Md. Top row (left to right) — Mrs. Marian 

 \. Carter, chief deik ; Mrs. Faith P. Gaddcss. clerk; Mi*s Ethel L. Coon, clerk; Miss Mabelle Michener. 

 clerk; Mrs. Mar^an-t 15. Shoemaker, clerk. Middle row (left to riijlit) — Lloyd K. Watson, formerly of 

 .\lfred. N. Y., then Cnniiectinit extension man, but now in oflice ; Mr. Stone. Lower row (left to right) — 

 Geo. S. Deinuih (you know him); G. H. Cale, formerly with Maryland .Agricultural College, in oflice since 

 beginning of war; A. P. Sturtevant, bacteriologist. 



