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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 
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Mr. Paul E. Smith, Miss Effie Marie Ross and Miss Mary G. Rozelle have been 
appointed by the Bureau of Entomology as temporary aids for a continuation of the 
work on the temperature of the bee colony during the active season which was done 
last year. This year the work will be carried out only during the period of the heavy 
honey flow from tulip tree during the month of May, in order to get additional data 
for this important period. 
Because of the present economic conditions in Germany, the Berlin Bieneninstitut 
is in danger of being entirely discontinued. To prevent this an effort is being made 
in the United States to raise funds sufficient to insure the continuation of the valuable 
research work of this institute. Dr. Ludwig Armbruster, Director of the Institute, is 
also editor of the Archiv fur Bienenkun.de , the only strictly scientific journal devoted 
to bees and beekeeping, and the aid to the institute will probably insure a continuation 
of this journal. 
Messrs. A. D. Shaftesbury, Bruce Lineburg, and B. Kurrelmeyer of Johns Hopkins 
University and Prof. L. M. Bertholf of the North Carolina College for Women have 
been appointed as temporary assistants in the Bureau of Entomology beginning 
June 1. These men were all at the Bee Culture Laboratory last summer studying 
special problems for which material is available only in the summer and are re¬ 
turning to continue the same studies. Mr. Lineburg will receive his master’s degree 
in June and his thesis will consist of the results of the work done last summer, the 
paper being entitled: “Feeding of Honeybee Larvae.” 
Wisconsin beekeepers will keep “Open House” to the beekeepers of the United 
States for one week during their fifth annual conference at Madison, Wisconsin, 
August 13 to 18. The entire conference will be dedicated to Dr. Charles C. Miller, 
one of the greatest and most beloved of beekeepers. Prof. H. F. Wilson of the 
Wisconsin College of Agriculture will preside at all meetings. The Charles C. Miller 
Memorial Apicultural Library, which is now a part of the Wisconsin Agricultural 
Library, will be dedicated on Friday, August 17. Contributions for this library 
have been received from many countries so that it is an international monument to 
the beekeeping industry as well as to Dr. Miller. A pilgrimage by automobile to the 
former home of Dr. Miller at Marengo, Illinois, will take place on Saturday, August 
18. A special service will be held there and a tablet in memory of Dr. Miller placed 
in the Presbyterian church with which he was connected for many years. All of Dr. 
Miller’s friends are invited to attend the ceremony at Marengo. Four members of 
the staff of the Bee Culture Laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology will have part in 
this meeting. Dr. S. B. Fracker, State Entomologist of Wisconsin, is also on the 
program. Prominent workers in beekeeping from all parts of the United States will 
speak, and this is expected to be one of the greatest beekeeping conventions ever 
held. During the week, papers will be given on Habits of Bees; Division of Labor 
among Bees; Digestion of the Worker Bee; Field Trips made by Individual Bees; 
Temperature of the Bee Colony in Spring, in Summer, and in Winter; Humidity 
in the Hive; Instinctive Mechanisms of Bees and Swarming Behavior; Behavior as 
Influenced by Locality; Bee Disease and Extension Problems. 
Horticultural Inspection Notes 
Mangoes from Jamaica arriving at Philadelphia and New York during the months 
of May and June were found by Messrs. Max Kisliuk, Jr., and Emile Kostal to be 
