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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TERMITES I955-60: SUBJECTS — SNYDER 



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Schmidt, H., 1956c, pp. 269-275. (Intestinal 



flagellates of termites.) 

 1960a, pp. 261-263. (Associations termites 



and microorganisms.) 

 Skaife, S. H., 1955, pp. 1-134. (South Africa, 



Amitermes atlanticus, protozoan Nycto- 



therus silvestrianus in alimentary canal, 



not numerous, probably unimportant in 

 digestion cellulose.) 

 IQ 57> PP- 373-39°- (South Africa, Kalo- 

 termes durbanensis, exposure to tempera- 

 ture 36 ° C. for 24 hr. has little effect on 

 protozoa, but — io° C. for 2 to 3 hours 

 harmful.) 



RACKET 



Anonymous, 1956c, pp. 1-4. (National Better 

 Business Bureau report on Dry-Cure En- 

 gineering Co.; summary of Hunsberger's 

 claims that termites cannot eat wood and 

 comments by entomologists.) 



1956b, pp. 1-3. (Supplemental report to 

 Anon., 1956c) 



1957k, p. 1. (Refutes Hunsberger's claim 

 that termites cannot eat wood.) 



i959d, pp. 1-4. (National Better Business 

 Bureau warns against termite quackery, 

 scare tactics, and recommends National 

 Pest Control Association's advice on how 

 to purchase wisely.) 

 Snyder, T. E., 1956a, p. 26. (Warning against 

 rackets in termite control.) 



RADIATION 



Alibert, J., 1959, pp. 1040-1042. (France, 

 radioactive phosphorus as an aid in the 

 study of trophallactic exchanges, Calo- 

 termes flavicollis.) 



Anonymous, i96od, p. 28. (Hawaii, Hono- 

 lulu, wood soaked with radioactive iso- 

 tope solution; "hot" wood eaten, showed 

 how fast food travels through colony, 

 how various castes fed.) 



Bletchly, J. D., and Fisher, R. C, 1957, p. 

 670. (England, cobalt-60 kills eggs pow- 

 der post beetles by exposure to 4000 

 rontgens 1 to 4 days after hatching, re- 

 sistance increases rapidly as develop; 

 larval development arrested by irradiation 

 at 8000 rontgens; same dosage adults, no 

 fertile eggs. Tests on all stages outside of 

 wood.) 



Dick, W. E., 1957, pp. 1-50. (U.S., wood 

 borers treated by dosage 1000 curies co- 

 balt-60.) 



Gosswald, K., and Kloft, W., 1958, pp. 743- 

 745. (Radioactive isotopes in the study of 

 colony life of insects.) 



Kurir, von A., 1958a, pp. 84-87. (Austria, 

 Reticulitermes flavipes, eradication with 

 cobalt-60 or strontium-90 radioactive ashes 

 in soil in areas not thickly populated, as 

 Hallein, but not in Hamburg, Germany — 

 radioactive isotopes would be dangerous.) 

 1959, pp. 101-104. (Austria, Reticulitermes 

 flavipes, eradication by irradiation, co- 

 balt-60 or strontium-90 suggested.) 



Metcalf, R. L. (Ed.), 1957, pp. 81-146. (Use 

 of radioisotopes in pesticide research; 

 radioactive insecticides, tagging.) 

 1958, pp. 183-206. (Isotope dilution tech- 

 niques for determination pesticide resi- 

 dues.) 



REARING 



Hendee, E. C, 1937, in Galtsoff, et al., 1937, 

 pp. 275-278. (U.S., rearing of dampwood 

 termites in laboratory, rotten wood in 

 containers; drywood termites, wood with 

 10% moisture minimum; subterranean 

 termites, moist grooved wood in glass jars 

 with soil.) 



Osmun, J. V., 1956, pp. 141-143. (Rearing 

 method for subterranean termites, Reticu- 

 litermes flavipes?) 

 1956a, p. 21. (Rearing of subterranean ter- 

 mites, Reticulitermes flavipes?) 



Pence, R. J., 1955, pp. 28-30. (Easy-to-build 

 termite houses.) 

 1957b, pp. 238-240. {Reticulitermes hesperus 

 maintained for long periods in end-slotted 

 moisture gradient test tubes set in bat- 

 tery jars, moisture 97.5% optimum.) 



Skaife, S. H., 1955, pp. 1-134. (South Africa, 

 Amitermes atlanticus, observation nests — 

 portions of mound in plaster of paris, 

 sheet cork with cells.) 

 I 957> PP- 373'39°- (South Africa, Kalo- 

 termes durbanensis, artificial nests, glass 

 tubes, plaster of paris with sawdust. 

 Wooden nests.) 



