BEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
James I. Hambleton, Apiculturist, in Charge 
On March 22, Dr. A. P. Sturtevant, in charge of the Intermountain Bee 
Culture Field Station, gave a radio talk in connection vith the program 
broadcast by the American Honey Producers! League from Laramie, Wyo. 
poratory included Prof. Francis 
L. Sams, Soecialist in Bee- 
of Ag ericulture end Engineering. 
Recent visitors at the Bee cere La 
Jager, of the University of Minnesota, ae 
keeping, of the North Carolina State “Howles re 
TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL ANT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
A. G. Baker, Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
During December last Dr. A. C. Baker was in Sacramento, Calif igmea 
consultant on the citrus white fly campaigns contenmlated in that State. 
After a method of procedure had been decided on, he visited the citrus re- 
gions in Southern California, and conferred with entomologists of various 
California institutions. Returning by the southern route, he spent some 
time at the laboratories in New Orleans and Orlando in order to review the 
projects under investigation, and reached Washington early in March. 
Mabel Colcord,. Librarian 
Bedford, G. A. H. 
Cheek-list of the Muscidae and Oestridae which cause myiasis in ee 
and animals in South Africa. (Union of South Africa Dept. Agr. Dir. 
Yet. Ec. and Research. Rpt. 11-12, Pt. 1, p. 482-498, Sept. 1926.) 
Check i st and host list of the cxternal parasites found on South 
African mammalia, aves and reptiles. (Union of South Africa Dept. 
Agr. Dir. Vet. Ed. and Research. Rpt. 11-12) Pt. 1, p. 705=one 
sept. 1926.) 
Brown, F. M. 
Descriptions of new bacteria found in ins sects. (American Museum 
Novitates No. 251, Feb. Fig Lo hee aL ue aye 
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