ba LR: Be i eae whl 
Bis ee ety | Tatoe ih ne i 4 
Le We. Orr oy serait Heron, illite ‘fiela Sl have re- 
Signed their positions to. resume. studies atthe University.of- Minnesota.) 
Mr. Orr was engaged.in spruce: budworm. investigations in. northern. Minie- =e: 
sota during the season just passed, and Mr. Horton worked with Mr. Baum- 
hofer, at. first.on the pine. ‘tp moth iin + Nebraska, : and. melee on me vatnen 
plots in Itasca-Parky: pie 0s. bv ohenodym dete iauk 
Re. Ae St. George een ac * Serer eH ie oe on Beecnes as eg 
assist J.-A, Beal. in bringing:-to..a. close: for .this:seagon somé of. the: proj- 
ects relating ‘to-a. study of the. southern pine: beetle, iand ‘also ‘to: continue...’ 
certain. seasonal | cutting. and-fire studies relating:tg the pine beetle: won. 
Because. of. continued warm days -the barkbeetles and borers were: found to” 
be still ‘active on October 16, when Mrs St.: George-returied -to: Bast: Falls: 3 
Church, Va., Several small outbreaks of Dendroetonug frontalis accurret..) fs. 
in the summer and early fall, and afforded an opportunity to obtain many ~-: 
records which ee be of value to Bees 
Bee viondente. ‘of: Dre: Be, ‘Be ae Geode te pie “Ait ie of Honolulu, «+ 
Biteii; nas just adopted a-réevised building code. ‘daying particular . istress: 
on suggestions that will prevent damage to buildings by termites. In Hono- 
dulu termites annually sinflicet.on-buildings damage amounting to about a. 
million dollars. There is every reason, :to: believe that: the ientire west . ae 
coast of.- the. United: ‘States will adopt. a similarly..réevised building codes ke pa 
In New. Orleans,. lias, -8Q per cent -of the: frame, buildings..are ‘infested with: .° 
termites, - rand it. .is believed - that ‘a revised-code will be adopted there. On int 
Pasadena, Calif: ,.. 50 per, cent of, the. business. Sper babe are vdnfeabedy) BONE. 
of them being in dangerous condition. AY TS 2 Nee gee ARS, wake 
- Other. -localities. of: the ‘Southwest,-: Central. West,;.and:,Southeast are: 
similarly affected, and. -our: goal is to, have standard codes for these secon °> 
tions of, the. country, ; The city. of- Washington: has’.a: large, numberof ‘buildings —: 
which. are. severely. infested,. some: of. them,’ oeing badly ‘damaged. .5 We: now: Besse 1 
lieve. that. a modified building code:-is. the ecies economical ond Bees or 
method of -Breventine: auch. cue hy etek da toe Lee Bi. syd aR yA A i ere, ae 
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» SAPAMNESE, PEETLH. INVESTIGATIONS: Se a 
Loren ra ‘Saithy Entomologist,’ 3 in + charge 3 7 
E. Avery Richmond, of thie: brett Gy force, he eioan a seri of 
the Connecticut. entomologists: held:at Storrs,. Comms, October 29, where he 
LO hs the’ centers on: gt inact is the. ue ae beetle. 
aes Pei aeonty: Soa fahatesnaat ‘ah ste: aibaneds Beetle: Basouktcley: 
ra now connected with the Connecticut Experiment Station, visited the local. 
station this week and conferred with L. B. Smith concerning the control of 
the Asiatic beetle. 
