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bEE CULTURE 
Jas. I. Eambletcn, in Charge 
BE. L. Sechrist left Washington on July 15 for an extended trip 
throughout the Intermountain States, where he will check up the work 
dcne by the varicus cooperators who are assisting in the study of the 
cost of honey production. The results of this work have been very grati- 
fying. Later in the fall R. S. Kifer, of the Bureau of Agriculimeae 
Eccnomics, which is cooperating in these studies, will make the final 
visit to all cooperators. At the completion of this year's work in the 
Intermountain States a similar study will be begun in the white-clover 
region, and the work in the two regions will be carried on simultaneously 
for a number of years. En route to Washington, Mr. Sechrist will judge 
the bee and honey exhibit of the Wisconsin State Fair, at Milwaukee. 
On June 11 Dr. E. F. Phillips, formerly Senior Apicul(urieiee 
charge of the Division of Bee Culture Investigations, was given the 
nonorary degree of Doctor of Science by his Alma Mater, Allegheny College, 
Meadviile, Pa. 
Dr. H. E. Barnard, President of the American Honey Institute, 
visited the Bee Culture Laboratory on August 2, to discuss with members 
of the staff various problems in which the Honey Institute is interested. 
J. BE. Eckert, of the Intermountain Bee Culture Field Labcratory, 
Laramie, Wyo., has completed the summer's work on the flight range of 
the hconeybee, which he has been ccnductinzg at Powell, Wyo. 
Dr. Warren Whitcomb, Jr., of the Southern States Beo sGuaiiees 
Field Laboratory, Baton Rouge, La., attended the meeting of the Texas 
state Beekeepers' Association, College Station, Tex., on July 29 to 30. 
In conjunction with this meeting, Doctor Whitcomb also attended the meet— 
ing of the Texas Association of Queenbreeders and Bee Dealers. 
Dr. Warren Whitcomb, Jr., and Dr. E. Oertel, of the Southern 
States Bee Culture Field Laboratory, appeared on the program of the meet— 
ing of the Louisiana State Beekeerers' Association, held at Baton Rouge 
on August 7 and 8. This meeting was held in connection with Farmers' 
Week at the College of Agriculture of Louisiana State University. 
W. J. Nolan, while on annual leave, attended the meetings of the 
Aris Club held in Berlin, Germany, August 9 to 12. He rerorts that it 
was one of the best meetings ever held by the Apis Club, with practically 
all of the prominent beekeeping investigators of Europe in attendance. 
Representatives from 21 countries were present. 
