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EEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
Jas. I. Hambleton, in Charge 
W. J. Nolan and Dr. C..E. Burnside attended the annual meeting of 
the Maryland State Beekeepers' Association, held at Baltimore on January 
9, where Mr. Nolan discussed "Methods of Handling Package Bees," and Doctor 
_ Burnside discussed "Sterilization of Infected Combs by Formaldehyde," and 
"The Occurrence of Melezitose in Honey." Dr. H. E. Barnard, president of 
the American Honey Institute, was also present and gave an aexceedingly in- 
teresting talk. 
Dr. C. E. Burnside attended the meeting of the Piedmont Beekeepers’ 
Association, at Lynchburg, Va., on January 22, and spoke on "Causes and 
Treatment of the Brood Diseases of Bees." 
Miss Claribel R. Barnett, librarian of the Department of Agricul-— 
ture, and Miss Mabel Colcord, librarian of the Bureau of Entomology, visited 
the Bee Culture Laboratory on January 24. The laboratory houses all the 
literature of the Department pertaining to bees and honey, and both Miss 
Barnett and Miss Colcord were very much interested in plans for the further 
development of this collection. It is one of the leading beekeeping libraries 
in the country. 
Mr. Yasuo Baron Goto, assistant county agent, Honolulu, Hawaii, 
visited the Bee Culture Laboratory on January 25. Besides his duties as 
county agent, Mr. Goto, in partnership with his father, owns and manages 
one of the largest apiaries in Hawaii. Mr. Goto made it a particular point 
to learn as much as possible about the identification of American foulbrood, 
as several cases of this disease have been detected on the Islands during 
the past year. Mr. Goto will make a special effort to locate all sources 
of disease on his return to Hawaii. 
E. L. Sechrist. returned to the Laboratory on January 26, afterean 
extended trip through the Intermountain States, where he was engaged in 
a study relating to the cost of honey production and systems of apiary 
management. This study was carried on cooperatively by the Bureau of En- 
tomology. A number of beekeepers have been assisting in this work, by tak— 
ing certain desired data. 
™ Dr. A. P. Sturtevant, of the Intermountain Bee Culture Field Sta-— 
tion, Laramie, Wyo., attended the annual meeting of the Utah State Bee— 
keepers' Association held on January 8 and 9, at Ogden. Doctor Sturte— 
vant reports that the meeting was well attended. Much interest was man— 
ifested in the activities of the Mountain States Honey Producers! Asso= 
ciation, as discussed by A. W. B. Kjosness, manager, and also in the var— 
ious phases of the work of the Intermountain Bee Culture Field Station. 
The Utah State Beekeepers' Awsociation went on record as favoring the passage 
at the present sitting of the legislature of the law under consideration 
prohibiting the importation into the State of bees on combs or used equip- 
ment. The Superior Honey Company held open house at their plant one day, 
serving lunch to all the beekeepers. 

