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4 MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
ec UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 


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Number 99 July, 1922. 
MESSAGE FROM A CARNEGIE STUDENT 
Mr. R. Owen Wahl, Carnegie Student from South Africa, who spent 
the months from February to July in this country visiting field lab- 
oratories and experiment stations, in a letter to Doctor Howard writ- 
ten from Vancouver, B. C., July 21, on the eve of sailing for Aus- 
tralia, said: "Before leaving the continent, I would like to thank 
you, Doctor Quaintance, and all the host of entomologists I have met 
for their unfailing consideration and kindness to me. Always have I 
found the utmost hospitality and good fellowship, and no one spared 
any trouble to make my stay pleasant as well as profitable. If you 
have any means of conveying my sincere thanks to them I am sure you 
will do so. I am leaving the United States with great regret, but 
will always have the keenest interest in your wonderful country, and 
the thought of all the workers in entomology doing their bit will al- 
ways be an inspiration to me." 
BEE-CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
EH. F. Phillips, Apiculturist in Charge 
The Maryland State Beekeepers’ Association met for an afternoon 
field meeting at the Bee Culture Laboratory on July 29. A short pro- 
gram was arranged by the members of the staff and the visitors were 
shown about the laboratory. This is the fourth year that this associ- 
ation has arranged such a visit to the laboratory. 
SOUTHERN FIELD CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. L. Webb, Entomologist Acting in Charge 
L. P. O’Dowd has been given a temporary appointment on funds al- 
lotted for Sugar-Cane Insect Investigations. He will determine the 
area infested by the new borer which has been found in sugar cane in 
southern Mississippi. 

