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Place, New York City. Mr. Bridwell's present address is "Care of National 
Bank of India, Ltd., Bombay, India.". Mr. Bridwell is interested in the -- 
inportation into this country of dried food products. 
Dre He- Ae Back has joft returned from a visit to stations at Thomas- 
‘ville, Ga., and Orlando, Fla, He and S. E. McClendon made a gerneral survey 
of weevil infestation of corn. The infestation is exceedingly light this year 
as compared -with those of previous years, probably owing to the cold of 
last winter. 
BEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
James I, Hambleton, Apiculturist, in Charge 
Dr.. James A. Nelson, formerly with this office, was at the Bee Culture 
Laboratory afew days last month for work in connection with the pablication 
of ‘bis: Eeeeoactape ‘on the morpha toey of the honeybee larva. 
Me Se Smith, a rehabilitation worker in beekeeping at the University 
of Indiana, was a recent visitor at the Laboratory. se 
-~ Dre Es Foe Phillips, now Professor of apa catbure at Cornell University, 
was at the Laboratory October 16 to LBS 
Ph. Je Baldensperger, a beekeeper from France with an international 
reputation, especially as £0 races of bees, was a visitor at this office from 
October 16 to October 27. Mr. Baldensperger came to America as the French 
delegate to the International Apicultural Congress at Quebec. last September. 
Mr..Baldensperger was born in Palestine, and his beekeeping experience covers 
that country, France,-and northern Africa, He is at present Editor of the : 
Bulletin de.la Societe dtApiculture des Alpes-Maritimes. During his stay in 
Washington he. delivered lectures on Palestine at the Bee Culture Laboratory : 
on-October 18, at the Rhode Island Avenue Presbyterian Church on. October 19, 
and before AX Biological Society of Washington on October 256 
‘George.S. Demuth, Editor of Gleanin-s in Bee Culture, bat formerly with 
this: Ror ees was & visitor at the Laboratory on October 27. 
pean’ Damn. Art Editor of Farm and vivselie:' was a aeiehe at the 
Laboratory on October 10. 
GIPSY MOTH AND BROWN=TAIL MOTH INVESTIGATIONS 
A. F. Burgess, Entomologist, in Charge 
Ao ¥. Burgess, H. $i Blaisdell, ihe s. Se “Grossman recently. iki bed 
the gipsy moth infestation at Lacolle, Quebec.. After inspecting the infestation 
