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made of methods of premaring, for DVOVIis ioni ne cases for mailing 
quecnbecs, candy which will conform with the regulations of the Post 
Office Devartmont ond which will remain soft for som tine. ‘any hun- 
dreds Of quecns are now lost annually from foog of DOOr quality. Jay 
‘1, Smith ngs been appointed temporarily for this worl. 
ey Lys Shaftesbury, a graduate student at the Johns Hopicings Uni- 
versity, hes been “ppointed for the Summer months to conduc t inves tiga- 
tions in the changes occurrin? in the {Zing of bees. 
Migs Bs corman, also of Joans Hopkins, hos been aprointed for the 
Summer and will assist in tho effort to determine whether Tarsonemus 
WOOdi, the purported cause of the Isle of Vight discase Of becs, is 
present in the U:iteg States. There Was recently »ublishod from the 
Uiiversity of Aberdeen the results of the work of Dr. Juhn Rennie and 
his associates Which show the parasitic and pathogenic nature of this 
Svecies. 

‘The Census dato SO for issued indicate 2 decrease in the number 
Of beokcepers on farms but an increase in tho nuaber of colonies of 
becs. Bees in towns ond cities 2re not included in Consus returns and 
45 a2 result most comrer¢ial beckcovers aro Omitted. Tra increase in 
the number of colonics por beckceper igs quite to be cxmected because 
of the inercasing tendency toward the development of Specialist boc- 
keepers. 
PARIONAL MUSEU 
The National Museum hos just received 2 fino collection of 
named ILonididec (Cecidomyiiane, the gqlj midegos)., a family of small 
flies, from Dr. F.?, f01t, State EStomologist of Mov York. 
Part of this meterial wos loaned to Dr. Felt Some tine aso for 
Study. Dr. Felt hos mado a special stucy of this very important f anily 
Of flies. Ho hes 2lso Added quite - numbor of Species new to the 
Museun collection. Tis collection comprises about 800 microscope 
Slides 2nd nbout 40 different tcinds of Sills, the work of thesc flies, 
More then half'of the Species rcoresented arc from the type material, 
T cre are bout 270 specics distributed in 71 genera, of which 194 snecies 
are representcd by type inatcrial, 
This collection is now about tie second best in the country. 
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PINE BOLI ’OR'! CONFERENCE 
Fourteen cotton-srowing Statcs vere reoresented at a conferen ce 
called by the Devartmont of Avs; cvlture in W-shington Moy 16 to eon- 
Sider the measures for eradicating the pink bollvoria fron the United 
States. The delegates attending ineludea represcato tives fron the 
