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BEE CULTURE. 
BE. F. Phillips, In Charge. 
_ oODr, EB. F. Phillips attended ten conventions of beekeepers in the 
Middle-West during November and December, these being arranged in a 
circuit for the convenience of those outside the various States who 
eeeeres to attend. The meeting at Grand Rapids, Michigan, was the 



The meeting of the Apiary Inspection section of the Association 
of Beonomic Entomologists on December 27th was well attended. Dr. 
T. J, Headlee of New Jersey is chairman of the section for the coming 
vear. On December 28th a meeting of those engaged in teaching bee- 
Bearinc was held as an adjunct to the Association meetings and a conm- 
Mittese was appointed to draw up suggestions for a short course in bee- 
Keeping for agricultural colleges, it being the consensus of opinion 
that for the present such courses are most needed. 
Mr. HE. G. Carr has returned from his work in North Carolina where 
he was engaged in a survey of the present conditions and possibilities 
of beekeeping. The outlook in the State is most promising. 
During the month work was continued with a colony of bees ina 
respiration calorimeter, the work being done in cooperation with the 
‘Home Economics Office of the States Relations Service. Mr. W. A. 
Parks was appointed temporarily to assist with this work, 
CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
Mr. C. N. Ainslie, of the Elk Point, South Dakota field labora- 
tory is visiting Washington for the first time in seven years, for — 
the purpose of consultation and preparation of manuscript. He will 
be in Washington about one month, returning to Elk Point by way of 
Charlottesville, Va. and Nashville, Tenn. 
Mr. G. G@. Ainslie of the Nashville, Tenn. field laboratory, 
Visited Washington during the early portion of January for the purpose 
of consultation and preparation of manuscript. 
? Mr. T. D. Urbahns of the Pasadena, Cal., field laboratory, vis- 
ited Washington during the month of January, for the first time in 
several years. 
Ur. Donald J. Caffrey, in charge of the Maxwell, N. M., field 
station, is in Washington preparing a farmers' bulletin on the New 
Mexico range caterpillar. 
Mr. C. M. Packard, recently attached to the staff at the Well- 
ington, Kansas field laboratory, was in Washington during a portion 
of the month of January. Mr. Packard has in preparation a paper 
dealing with the biology of several parasites of the Hessian fly. 
Messrs. C. W. Creel and A. H. Beyer, of the Forest Grove, Oregon 
field station and the Columbia, 8. C., field station, respectively, 
Were also in Washington during the month of January. 
