oe 
ae 
that country, this prehibitio 
on does not apply to bees imported from 
Canada. 
E. R. White. 
Acting Second Asst. Postmaster General." 
For detailed information on this disease Department Circular 
No. 218, just issued, may be consulted. 
Informal seminars on subjects pertaining to beekeeping investi- 
gations are being held at the Bee Culture Laboratory, Somerset, Md., on 
the second and fourth Fridays of each month at 
p.m. Any member of 
the Bureau will be welcome. The subjects for April are: 
April 14. W. J. Nolan - 
The Development of Brood throughout 
the Season. 
April 28. E. L. Sechrist - Tropical Beekeeping. 
R. H. Snodgrass is temporarily engaged on additional work on the 
anatomy of the honeybee and it is hoped to issue an enlarged revision 
of his work on this subject. 
tr. E. F.. Phillips has re 
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=e y been made Honorary Vice President 
and Fellow of the Api Club, an fen ational oe ee with offices 
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in England. He has also been made an honorary member of the Beekeepers' 
Association of South Africa 
SOUTHERN FIELD-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. L, Webb, Entomologist Acting in Charge 
Dr. ¥. D. Hunter spent March 9, 10, and 11 at the Washington 
office, returning immediately to Houston, Tex. 
R. W. Wells and H. M. Brundrett have return 
timus the 
They have 
el to New York to con- 
investigations of the ox warble which were started last year. 
changed their headquarters from Herkimer to Middletown. 
T. E. Holloway and T. C. Barber recently made a trip into the 
Mexican territory south of Brownsville, Tex for the purpose of investi- 
gating sugar-cane insects and their parasites in this region. 
J. N. Tenhet has been transferred from the Clarksville, Tenn., 
laboratory to Quincy, Fla., where he will work under the direction of 
F. S. Chamberlin. 
