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work thoroughly trained to follow the researches which have been started in the 
Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Dr. E. F. Phillips will attend a series of meetings in South Dakota, North Dakota, 
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska between November 20 and December 
6, the schedule having been arranged through the American Honey Producers' 
League committee on meetings of which Mr. Russell H. Kelty is chairman. 
In connection with the Eastern Apple Show and Fruit Exposition held at the Grand 
Central Palace, New York City, November 3rd to 8th, there were extensive exhibits 
of honey. Thursday, November 8th, was “Honey Day” and on that day meetings 
were held which were well attended by beekeepers of the adjoining states and at 
which the uses of honey and its marketing were discussed. The meetings were held 
under the direction of R. B. Willson, Extension Specialist for New York State. 
A short course in beekeeping will be held at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 
February 11th to 14th. 
The “bee louse,” Braiila coeca, a well-known visitant of the bee colony in almost 
all parts of the world, has been repeatedly imported into the United States on queen 
bees from foreign countries and as a rule has disappeared promptly after the intro¬ 
duction of the imported queens into full colonies. As a result American beekeepers 
have believed that this species could not become established in this country. Several 
years ago it was reported that this species occurs in Carroll County, Md., and another 
report has been received from an apiary in central Pennsylvania. E. L. Sechrist 
recently visited Carroll County and found this species in the apiaries of one firm of 
beekeepers, and it probably occurs to a limited extent elsewdiere in the locality. No 
damage seems to occur in strong, healthy colonies of bees. It is especially noted that 
if a colony of black bees containing Braula is queenless for a time, when an Italian 
queen is introduced, she is immediately covered with large numbers of Braula, and 
the beekeepers claim that in such cases the young Italian queen soon comes to look 
like and behave like an old worn-out queen. Material was collected and brought to 
Washington in which many adults and also eggs and pupae were found. Develop¬ 
mental stages were found to occur in tunnels under the capping of sealed honey. 
Until recently Braula has been supposed to be similar in its mode of development 
to the sheep tick, which develops to the pupal stage inside the parent. Since Braula 
deposits eggs, it can not belong to the same series of Diptera as the sheep tick. With 
the material now at hand it should be possible to establish the relations of this 
interesting insect to other Diptera. 
Horticultural Inspection Notes 
Mr. Perry A. Glick, formerly Assistant Entomologist of Arizona, has been ap¬ 
pointed as Plant Quarantine Inspector to assist in the enforcement of the Fruit and 
Vegetable Quarantine, No. 56, at the port of New York. 
Mr. L. R. Warner, who is in charge of the activities of the Florida Plant Board at 
Key West, recently visited Washington for the purpose of conference with officials 
of the Federal Horticultural Board. 
Dr. W. A. Orton visited Cuba in November for the purpose of studying the potato 
situation, and incidentally looking into the possibilities of fruit flies infesting fruits 
which may be offered for entry into the United States. 
Mr. Robert L. Trigg, a graduate of the Mississippi A. & M. College, who during 
