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organization is a direct result of the extension work in beekeeping which was 
st September by this Bureau in cooperation with the North Carolina College 
culture and Mechanic Arts, Raleigh. 
8. Marian A. Carter, formerly Miss Marian Armstrong, has returned to duty 
@ vacation of two weeks duration. 
bi E. F. Phillips attended the meeting of the Apicultural Section of the 
can Association of Economic Entomologists recently held in New York city. 
rton N. Gates was elected chairman of this section for the ensuing year. 
goments were made at this meeting for the gathering of statistics on bee in- 
Re United States in order to determine what progress has been made 
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= Dr. E. F. Phillips attended the Farmers' Congress at Fort Collins, Colorado, 
_ January 19. From this point he expects to go to Arizona and New Mexico to study 
eeping conditions in these States, then to Madison, Wis., to attend the annual 
GF ing of the National Beekeepsrs' Association on February 6, 7 and 8. 
~ Kennith Hawkins is absent on sick leave. | 
mf. P. Sturtevant has recently constructed for the use of the laboratory a wash- 
ng and dehydrating apparatus of the type described by Ezra Allen in the July number 
The Anatomical Record. 
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FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD. 
c C. L. Marlatt, In Charge. 
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© The Board has had a thorough survey made by its California collaborators, under 
a¢ direction of Mr. Maskew, of the Department's introduction gardens at Chico, Cal. 
survey is an annual function and precedes the shipment of plant material from 
garden. A similar survey is in progress in relation to the introduction gardens 
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Qrida, notably the garden et Miami, and involves inspection of plants both for 
«Rah and fungous diseases. ) | 
~~ Various entomological and pathological experts of the Board, including members 
e Board, have been in attendance during the wonth at iwportant conferences in 
ve over quarantine matters, particularly in relation to the blister rust, in 
tion with the entomological and pathological mestings held in that city, and 
the Interaational Forestry Congress held in Washington. At the latter Congress 
Chairman of the Board presented an address on the subject of losses occasioned 
fF introduced insect pests and plant diseases. As a result of these conferences and 
‘the needs of the plant quarantine service, an effort will be made to amend the 
nt Quarantine Act, broadening its powers in relation to domestic quarantines so 
at introduced pests of a fairly widespread character, like the blister rust and 
ind the alfalfa weevil, can be more efficiently controlled. 
_ A special appropriation of $50,000.00 has been requested in relation to the 
OSsible invasion of Texas by the pink bollworm, this money to te expended in coop- 
ration with the Bureau of Entomology in quarantine border control and control in 
‘s in particular relation to the various cotton mills which have received con- 
able quantities of seed from Mexicc for milling purposes during the year. 
C. Barber has been transferred from the branch of Southern Pield Crop Insect In- 
stigations to the Federal Horticultural Board and placed in field charge of this 
vk, effective February 1. An inspection service will be organized, consisting of 
+ least four persons, two of whom will be assigned at once to border control work, 
ad the other two to act in conjunction with Mr. Barber in the interior service and 
Gntrol. The continued disturbed condition in Mexico has frustrated the attempt to 
ike a direct survey of the infested region in Mexico, and the negotiations for per- 
‘Ssion to make and safeguard such survey, conducted through the Mexican Ambassador 
Signate and the State Department have so far been unsuccessful, 
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