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can Association of Economic Entomologists at the Toronto meeting in 
December, 1921, caused the adoption of a resolution favoring legisla¬ 
tion to protect American bees from this parasite. The authors of the 
present paper were appointed as a committee to sponsor such legisla¬ 
tion in the United States and Canada, and cooperated with Dr. E. F. 
Phillips of the federal department of agriculture to this end. 
As a result of a conference called at Washington, D. C., on March 9, 
1922 an additional committee on publicity was appointed, consisting of 
J. G. Sanders, president of this association, E. G. Carr, New Brunswick, 
N. J., and F. Eric Millen, Guelph, Ontario, whose newspaper and journal 
articles were largely responsible for the public support given the bill at 
its committee hearings and on the floor of the House and Senate. 
The first step in the direction of a general quarantine consisted of a 
postal order, issued by Acting Second Assistant Postmaster General 
E. R. White, on March 21, 1922, prohibiting “the importation of honey¬ 
bees through the regular and parcel post mails,” with the proviso that 
“this prohibition does not apply to bees imported from Canada.” 
The order was issued promptly upon presentation of evidence showing 
its desirability, and appropriate notice given to European countries 
through the International Bureau at Berne. It came in time to protect 
the United States for the season of 1922. 
Shortly thereafter, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Canada 
issued an order under the Dominion Animal Contagious Diseases Act 
specifying that “On and after the first day of May, 1922, the importa¬ 
tion into Canada of bees, used or second hand hives, or raw hive goods 
or products, excepting honey or wax, from the Continent of Europe, is 
hereby prohibited owing to the danger of introducing a contagious 
disease of bees known as ‘Isle of Wight’ disease” A supplementary 
letter from the Minister stated that this order covered Great Britain 
and Ireland which are considered European countries. 
Bills providing similar legislation for the United States were intro¬ 
duced into the Senate by Senator Norris and into the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives by Congressman Haugen on April 22, 1922. At the House 
committee hearing this association was represented by Prof. E. N. 
Corey and Dr. Phillips, and at the Senate hearing by Dr. Phillips. 
The bill (H. R. 11396) passed the House of Representatives on June 
5, and the Senate on August 23, and was approved by the President on 
August 31, 1922, going into effect at once. 
In the meantime the mite causing the disease was found in several 
additional European countries, making it clear that the federal regula- 
