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burg showing methods of racking and piling lumoer to prevent this character 
of injury: At Vicksburg extensive cooperetive studies are being conducted 
to determine.the best methcds of cutting cypress to Pee: borer attack. 
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Through cooperation With the Lumber Division of ‘the Bureau of Foreign 
and Domestic Commerce, U. 5. yi edging of Commerce, a summary of Department 
Bulletin 1831 of this Branch, "Tests of Methods-of Frotecting Woods against 
Termites or White Ants," has been mailed by the- Department of Commerce to 
800 firms listed in their “Exporters' Index." These firms are interested in 
the export of lumber, poles, mill work, and furniture. Copies of the bulle-} 
tin itself have been sent to commercial attaches in Latin America, the 
Philippines, China, India, Java, and Australia, as well as to all consuls 
in the Tropics. It is believed that this bulletin will be of much assistance 
to exporters to tropical countries. 

Bae CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
i. PP pe, Apiculs curist in Charge 
James I. Hambleton, to succeed Dr. B. F. Phillips as apiculturist 
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; James [. Hambleton, who has been connected with this office. since 
July 1, 1921, has been selected by the Secretary to succeed Dr. EB. F. 
Phillips as Chief of Bee Culture Investigations. He will assume his new 
"responsibilities when Dr. Phillips leaves to take charge of his new duties 
as Professor of Apiculture, Cornell University, about October 1. 
Dr. BE. F. Phillips attended the annual summer meeting of the New York 
State Federation of Beekeepers! Societies at Canajoharie on August 1. 
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ch Ss: J. I. Hambleton attended the summer meeting of entomologists in the 
vicinity of Philadelphia, in connection with other work in that region. 
W. J. Nolan will. attend the officers! training camp at Camp Meade, 
Md., the first half of August. 
Dr. E. F. Phillips and James I. Hambleton will attend the Seventh 
International Apicultural Congress to be held in Quebec September 1 to 4, 
inclusive. They end other members of the Bee Culture staff have contributed 
papers to the program. These have already been submitted, and all papers 
are to be read at the Congress in both English and French. An elaborate 
program of papers has been arranged, as well as e series of excursions to 
places of interest to those in attendance » following the regular meetings 
of the Congress. nee nas eiwenit been made that certain European 
beekeeping authorities will attend the Congress. 
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