TRUCK CROP INSEOT INVESTIGATIONS 
J: -E: traf, cheoms ieee in ‘charge 
W. E. Stone, Assistant Entomologist, has been ianeeomneal from Tampa 
to Sanford, Fla., where he will. be engaged in cooperative control exper iments 
against the celery leaf-tyer.. Y) ‘ . 7 ae 
L. W. Brannon, Junior Entomologist; : pivatnenain, arey! attenaad: Bo ‘the 
early part of February the meeting of ‘the Cotton States Entomologists at ay 
Atlanta, Ga., where he discugsed the Mexican bean peetze ee he ere | 
walter Ceptew Associate Entomologist, Twin. Falre: Tdaho, visited Wash- 
ington, D. C., in the early part of February, to confer with Bureau officials 
and others regarding the work under way on the sugar-beet leafhopper in the - 
intermountain region, and formulate plans for its future conducts He also . 
consulted with eI eee of the weather Bureau nat one, Bureau of Standards. 
Ww. A. Thomas, Ravi stein MMateolodiet; Chadbourn, Ne Ce, visited Bruns- 
wick, Ga., to conduct experiments on mole crickets injuring golf courses. - The *. 
Jekyl Island Golf Club is: Cooper avin in this work, | ori 
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J. E. Dudley, Jr., nauscsehibtdtono louaake Madison, Wis., addressed the: 
Madison Gyro Club at its noon luncheon on February 16.on'the subject "The 
Economic Importance of Insects in the United States." 
Kenneth 3. Gibson has been. temporarily appointed Field Assistant at. 
Toppenish, Wash., to aid M. C. Lane and others in, wireworm investigations. 
BEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS. xipud cer fi: 
James I. Hambleton, pe a oe in Serpe 
in February Jas. I. Hambleton eericipared in. becke tee mee tings in 
Utah, South Dakota, and North Dakota, as well as in.the Short Course held 
by Purdue University. 7 
E. L. Sechrist was on the program of the. Short, Cray oh held at Amenss 
Iowa, on February 3 to 5. 
Dre AS 2. Sturtevant - was one’of the. Poeicer at the Beekeepers! Short 
Course given by Ohio State University on Februany 4 and 5. 
Miss Hilda S$. Black has-been given. a temporary appointment as Junior 
Biologist in the Bureau of Entomology,: for the purpose of working on certain 
phases of the food value of honey. ‘This work is being done’ in cooperation 
with the Bureau of Home Economics. 
