BEE CULTURE 
James I. Hambleton, in Charge 
E. L. Sechrist returned on August 4 after visiting the coopera— 
tors who are helping in the studies on apiary management and cosis of 
honey production, in Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. This work is 
being done in cooperation with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and 
with the beekeeping specialists in the various States. Some of the State 
specialists in economics are also taking an active part in these studies. 
Jas. I. Hambleton attended the meeting of the Massachusetts State 
Beokeepers' Association, at Amherst, on August 1. At the conclusion of 
the meeting he left in company with Dr. E. F. Phillips, to visit the api- 
cultural laboratory at Cornell University. On August 4 Mr. Hambleton 
conferred with Prof. W. E. Dunham and S. E. Bailey, at Holgate, Ohio, 
and with the specialists at the Northwestern Experiment Farm, rela- 
tive to experiments now in progress dealing with the effect of honeybees 
upon the pollination of red clover. Excellent cooperation has been given 
by the beekeepers in the vicinity of Holgate in making these experiments 
a success. On August 6 to 8 Mr. Hambleton participated in a series of 
field meetings in Michigan, which extended through the new clover regions 
of northern Michigan as far as Sault Sainte Marie. These meetings were 
well attended and were participated in by a number of beekeepers from 
Ohio. Mr. Hambleton also spoke at the meeting of the Wisconsin State 
Beekeepers! Association, at Madison. While there he had an opportunity 
to inspect the H. J. 0. Walker collection of beekeeping literature which 
has just been acquired by the Miller Memorial Library. The Walker col- 
lection is one of the best collections of bee books in existence, many 
volumes being beautifully bound by hand. En route to Washington, Mr. 
Hambleton stopped at Columbus, Ohio, and conferred with Prof. W. B. 
Herms, of the University of California, who has been on the summer facul- 
ty of Ohio State University. 
Dr. Everett Oertel, of the Southern States Bee Culture Field 
Laboratory, Baton Rouge, La., gave two addresses before the Florida State 
Beekeepers' Association at Gainesville, on August 13 and 14. Doctor Oer— 
tel reports that there is considerable interest among the Florida pro- 
ducers in a proposed association for the purpose of bringing their honey 
to a central point, where it can be blended, packed, and distributed. 
Dr. Lloyd M. Bertholf, Field Assistant at the Bee Culture Labor-— 
atory, resigned on August 20. Doctor Bertholf, in company with Mrs. Ber- 
tholf, sailed on August 23 for Scotland, on his way to Munich, where for 
the coming year he will study with Doctor von Frisch under a National Re- 
search fellowship. En route, Doctor Bertholf will attend the meeting of 
the Apis Club International Conference, at London, on September 8 to 12, 
where he will deliver a lecture on the results of his recent experiments 
on the response of honeybees to light of different wave lengths. 
