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S. E. McClendon, Thomasville, Ga., visited Washington during the 
past month to confer with this office concerning his work in Georgia. 
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SOUTHERN FIELD CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
J. Le Webb, Entomologist, Acting in Charge | 
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_ . The following members of this Branch of the Bureau visited Washington | 
during the month: W. D. Hunter, T. E. Holloway, A. C. Morgan, M. T. .Young,... . 
F. F. Bondy, G. L. Smith, W. E. Haley, J. W. Ingram, F. A. Fenton, B.W.. .. 
Dunnam and Geo. M. Armstrong. Mr. Morgan read a paper entitled "The dis- 
tribution of an insecticide made visible" before the Association of .. . 
Economic Entomologists. 
| F. C. Bishopp, of the Miscellaneous Branch, Insects Injurious to 
Animals, also visited Washington during the month, | 
S. E. Crumb is preparing a paper on the various species of armyworms, 
and in this connection is desirous of securing larvae of Cirphis latiuscula 
for examination, It is hoped that field agents who are in position to 
send specimens to Mr. Crumb will do so. ig tree: en | 
BEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS - 
James I, Hambleton, Apiculturist, In Charge 
J. I. Hambleton attended the meeting of the Illinois State Beekeepers! 
Association at Springfield, Ill., December 9, and the meeting of the : 
Michigan State Beekeepers! Association at Tansing, Mich,, December ll... Mr, 
Hambleton also visited Johns Hopkins University on December 27. 
Many prominent apicultural workers visited the Bee Culture Laboratory _ 
on December 30, the date on which open house was kept for the benefit of 
those attending the meetings of the American Association for the Advancement 
ef Science. The various activities ef the Laboratory, represented by ve 
exhibits, were explained by those in charge. Among the visitors vo 
following State Entomologists: Prof. (, M.-Bentley of Tennessee; Dr. Wek. 
Britton, of Connecticut: Prof. CG. L. Corkins, of Wyoming; and Dr. S. B. Fracke? 
of Wisconsin. Other visitors were as follows: Dr, E. F. Phillips, formerly > 
in charge of this Office but now at Cornell University; G. S. Demuth, also 
formerly connected with this Office but now Editor of Gleanings in Bee | 4 
Culture; Prof. J. E. Eckert, of the North Carolina State College of Agricul- 
tore; Prof. Bruce Lineburg, of Lake Forest University: Prof. L. M..Bertholf, --.| 
of Western Maryland University: Prof. H. C. Severin, of the South Dakota State 
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