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during the month. | Vie uga Raeene 
The temporaty nem (apf of Es H, O'Ned11, CY the tebote ie at 
| Mound , La., has expéred. ; 
BEE CULTURE 
Bheding Phillips, fp ee in Char ge 
The series of extension short courses. in beekeeping held in cooper= 
ation with the extension divisions -of ‘Idaho, Washington, California, and 
Texas were all webl attended, tha average attendance being well over ‘100, 
In California the beekeepers “‘presént at: the four skhools represented 30 
per cent of all the honey produced in the State. As has been stated in 
earlier Monthly Letters, thase courses aim to include the fundanental prin- 
Ciples of beekeeping and little time is spent in discussing special sys- 
tems of management. This plan seems to meet with the hearty aprroval of 
the extensive beekeepers attending, as thélcourses cover ground not ade- 
quately treated in the current beekeening literature. 
The final series of extension short courses in beekeeping to be of- 
fered by the Bureau is as follows! 
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Manhattan, Fanos), oti oe ee qiateDe ome 
eit eee Reg PE ey Orme eee pup Sails Ae as Feb. 94-14 © 
be Pah 5 re eae a a eee te ee cae ee Feb. 16-21 
Ithaca, pS ies Ce eae TR ee eae hangin. nn 
Another course may be offered in New England during the wesk of March 
1-6, 
E.G, Baldwin has resigned as extension specialist in Indiana, effec- 
tive January 12, 
H. A. Scullen has resigend as. pears that specialist in Washington, effec- 
tive March 1. He will engage in-commercial beekeeping in western Oregon, 
