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F. L. Wellman, C. I. Bliss, field assistants. Deciduous Fruit Insect Investigations: 
Dr. Norman Perrine, inspector, Federal Horticultural Board; Miss Ada F. Kneale, 
scientific assistant, Forest Insects; Geo. A. Hummer, extension apiculturist, Miss.; 
J. H. Morrison, Colo.; W. A. Thomas, N. C.; Geo. H. Vansell, S. C.; F. W. Humphrey, 
Tex.; Robert Fouts, Penn.; Mrs. Sibyl Swegman, artist; E. C. Davis, apiculture ex¬ 
tension work, La.; Miss Edith M. Brace, scientific assistant, Washington, D. C.; tem¬ 
porary field assistants, D. C. Barney, J. J. Dickson, A. O. Hammett, A. G. Monette, 
J. W. Patterson, E. B. Smith, G. L. Smith, R. J. Smith, C. G. Wallace, A. L. William¬ 
son, H. C. Young, Tallulah, La.; C. M. Barrett, C. P. Daley, L. N. Judah, J. T. Lewis, 
Jr., N. L. MacQueen, G. B. Pearson, A. L. Spencer, T. P. Weakley, Clarksville, Tenn.; 
S. H. Livingston, Mound, La.; Miss Mabel S. Stehle, scientific assistant, Washington, 
D. C.; M. V. Reed, collaborator, Atlanta, Ga.; Herbert J. Pack, Herbert F. Gates, 
Eastern, Mass.; Stewart Lockwood, N. D. 
A conference regarding the European Corn Borer Pyrausta nubilalis Hbn. was held 
at the State House, Boston, Mass., September 6, 1918. All the New England States, 
New York and the Federal Bureau of Entomology were represented. This promises 
to be a very destructive pest and now infests an area about 15 X 25 miles in extent 
near Boston, but reaching mostly westward and northward of the city. There are 
two and possibly three generations each year, and the species is only slightly parasi¬ 
tized. Its attacks are not confined to corn, but at least sixteen different plants are 
eaten, including barnyard grass, dock, pigweed, bean, tomato, etc. Vermont and 
Connecticut have placed embargoes against corn on the ear and cornstalks from 
Massachusetts, and other states will probably follow suit and a Federal quarantine 
will probably be established soon. Those present were Dr. L. O. Howard, Washing¬ 
ton, D. C.; Dr. E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y.; Dr. H. T. Fernald, Amherst, Mass.; Prof. 
W. C. O’Kane, Durham, N. H.; Dr. W. E. Britton, New Haven, Conn.; Harold L. 
Bailey, Bradford, Vt.; Frank H. Dudley, Augusta, Me.; C. H. Batchelder, Orono, 
Me.; J. J. Pillsbury, Providence, R. I.; Prof. W. D. Hurd, Amherst, Mass.; S. C. 
Vinal, Amherst, Mass.; S. H. Gates, Arlington, Mass.; R. H. Allen, state nursery 
inspector, Boston, Mass.; Messrs. C. 0. Bailey, Willis Munro, J. C. Gilbert, John W. 
Law, Alton E. Briggs, Boston, Mass.; and Messrs W. R. Walton, A. F. Burgess, L. 
H. Worthley, D. J. Caffrey, R. I. Smith and R. E. Snodgrass of the Bureau of Ento¬ 
mology. 
According to Science the British Board of Agriculture and Fisheries has appointed 
a committee to study the life habits of the honey bee with the object of improving the 
conditions under which beekeeping is carried on in England and Wales, and to in¬ 
vestigate the epidemic diseases of the bee, more especially the disease or group of 
diseases which pass under the name of “Isle of Wight” disease. The committee 
consists of: The Master of Christ’s College, Cambridge (Dr. A. E. Shipley, F. R. S.); 
Professor Punnett, F. R. S. (professor of genetics, Crambridge); Dr. G. S. Graham 
Smith, M. D.; Professor G. C. Bourne, F. R. S., D. Sc. (professor of zoology and 
comparative anatomy, Oxford); Prof. W. Somerville (professor of rural economy, 
Oxford); Mr. T. W. Cowan (chairman of the British Bee-keepers’ Association); Mr. 
G. W. Bullamore; Mr. J. C. Bee Mason; and Mr. A. G. L. Rogers (head of the Horti¬ 
culture Branch, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries). Mr. R. H. Adie will act as 
secretary. It is proposed to undertake the study of healthy bees at Cambridge and 
the investigations on Isle of Wight disease at Oxford. The committee would be glad 
to receive specimens of bees suspected of suffering from “Isle of Wight” disease for 
examination and experiment. 
Mailed October 26, 1918. 
