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? On May 27, Prof. J. J. Davis, of the Department of Entomology, 
pFurdue University, Lafayette, Ind., consulted hymenopterists of the Taxonomic 
Unit regarding parasites of the oriental peach moth, 
BEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
James I. Hambleton, in Charge 
Be The Maryland State Beekeepers' Association held a field meeting at 
the apiary of the Bee Culture Laboratory, Somerset, Md., on May 25. F. G. 
Robb and H. J. Clay, of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, gave short 
paddresses, as well as several members of the Bee Culture staff. Mr. Rieth, an 
international student at Johns Hopkins University, and one of the prominent 
'beekeepers in the Hamburg area of Germany, gave an interesting talk on 
_ German beekeeping. A complicated patented German beehive, recently re- 
ceived as a gift at the laboratory, was exhibited. Mr. Rieth pronounced it 
too complicated, and not typical of German beehives. An interesting con- 
test was arranged, each beekeeper demonstrating his expertness in filling a 
_queen-bee mailing cage with bees. Ten beekeepers finished the contest, 
)the others being disqualified as a result of being stung. The Maryland 
State Beekeepers' Association awarded the prizes, a queenbse going toMr. 
Rieth, and Mr. Aman receiving a certificate as the most expert Maryland 
beekeeper. Members of the Bee Culture staff demonstrated some of the work 
at the laboratory. 
‘ In connection with the 5lst annual meeting of the American Library 
“Association, held in Washington on May 13 to 18, the library staff of 
the United States Department of Agriculture served luncheon on May 15 to 
the members of the Agricultural Libraries Section. This luncheon was of 
particular interest in that all the food for it was produced and prepared in 
_ the Department. Honey, furnished by the Bee Culture Laboratory, occupied a 
“prominent place on the menu, orange bacadens white clover, and tulip-—tree 
honeys being used. The ice cream, made by the Bureau of Dairy Industry, 
Was flavored and sweetened entirely with orange—blossom honey. The market 
for ice cream flavored with orange-blossom honey appears exceptionally 
bright. 
Miss Vajen E. Hitz has been temporarily transferred from the library 
of the Department of Agriculture to the Bee Culture Laboratory to prepare 
a catalogue of the beekeeping literature there. It is planned to issue 
the catalogue in mimeographed form, so that those interested may obtain 
a record of the literature on beekeeping in the Bee Culture library. sSever- 
al beekeeping libraries have already made valuable contributions to the 
Bee Culture library, and have generously offered to assist in making avail- 
able at Washington as complete a collection of literature on beekeeping as 
possible. 
