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Economic Entomologists at the Seventh International Apicultural Congress to be 
held in Quebec, September 1 to 4. 
A short course and conference for Indiana beekeepers was held at Purdue Uni¬ 
versity, February 11-14. Among the speakers were Dr. E. F. Phillips. Geo. S. 
Demuth and Professor Tohn J. Davis. 
The first step in the formation of a permanent beekeeper’s association in Arkansas 
was taken on February 11 when the new organization was completed. George G. 
Becker, of Little Rock, was chosen secretary. 
The annual meeting of the Ohio State Beekeeper’s Association was held at the 
Ohio State University, Columbus, February 7 and 8. F. B. Moore was elected 
President and Miss Florence Naile, Columbus, Secretary-Treasurer. 
The proceedings of the Sixth International Apicultural Congress held at Mar¬ 
seilles, France, September, 1922, have at last appeared. All papers are given in 
French and copies may be had from the Secretary of the Congress, Leon Tombu, 
185, rue Gaucheret, Brussels, Belgium. 
A new bee journal has made its appearance and is called the “Midwest Farm 
Beekeeper.” J. W. Kuhn of Belleville, Kansas, is the Editor. According to the 
Editor, its field is “the Great Central West from the Mississippi to the Mountains 
and Beyond.” 
The Tennessee Beekeeper’s Association held its annual convention at Nashville 
on February 1, over 100 being in attendance. This was one of the best meetings the 
association ever held. Mrs. Grace Allen, Nashville, was elected President and 
Professor G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, was reelected Secretary-Treasurer. 
Professor F. B. Paddock, State Apiarist of Iowa, is scheduled for two radio talks 
from the Ames Station, WOI, 360 meters. These talks will be given at 12:40 noon, 
with dates and subjects as follows: March 28, “Spring Care of Bees,” May 23, 
“Preparations for the Honey Crop.” 
The fifteenth annual meeting of the Maryland State Beekeeper’s Association was 
held in the Southern Hotel, Baltimore, on January 9. Addresses were made by Dr. 
E. F. Phillips and J. I. Hambleton of the Federal Bureau of Entomology, and by 
M. W. James, Baldwin, Md., and George Harrison Jr., University of Maryland. 
The annual meeting of the Kansas State Beekeeper’s Association was scheduled to 
beheld at Topeka, February 4 and5, then adjourn to meet on the 6th and 7th at the 
apiary department of the Agricultural College at Manhattan. Mr. O. F. Whitney, 
Topeka, is the secretary of this association. 
A gathering of Fargo, N. D., beekeepers was held February 15. Mr. L. T. Floyd 
of Winnipeg, who was in Fargo to give lectures at the short course at the Agricultural 
College, told about the recent beekeeper’s meeting of the Manitoba association, 
and Mr. O. F. Miller related some of his observations on California beekeeping. 
Mr. R. B. Willson, Extension Specialist for New York State, broadcasted a talk on 
the uses of honey from Station “WEAF,” New York City, on the evening of Febru¬ 
ary 27. During the course of his talk he mentioned Farmers’ Bulletin 653, “Honey 
and Its Uses in the Home” and since that time has been overwhelmed with requests 
for the bulletin. 
Dr. F. Vincens has been appointed by the French Government to investigate the 
diseases of bees in that country, especially those of the adult bee. The laboratory for 
