ewe 
BEE CULTURE 
Jas. I. Hambleton, in Charge 
Edward S. Prevost, of the Extension Service, Clemson Agricultural 
College, Clemson College, S. C., visited the Bee Culture Laboratory on 
December 10. Mr. Prevost was particularly interested in learning the 
possibilities of obtaining a reliable and complete census of bees and 
honey in South Carolina, and is planning to have beekeepers of his State 
work in active cooperation with the census enumerators during the coming 
spring, when the enumeration will be made. 
Kennith Hawkins, one of the war-time extension men of the Division 
of Bee Culture Investigations, now sales manager of a firm manufacturing 
beekeepers' supplies at Watertown, Wis., visited the Bee Culture Labora— 
tory on December 17. Mr. Hawkins discussed the research work now in 
progress at the laboratory, and made a number of valuable suggestions. 
He also reported on beekeeping conditions in the Southern States, from 
which he had just returned. While in Washington he called on Dr. H. E. 
Barnard, President of the American Honey Institute. ‘7 
Mrs. Marian A. Carter, Chief Clerk of the Division of Bee Culture 
Investigations, was retired because of disability on December 14. Much 
credit is due her for the valuable assistance she rendered in charge of 
the clerical and stenographic work during the many years she has been 
connected with the Bee Culture Laboratory. Few Government officials have 
a more enviable record. Upon retiring, Mrs. Carter received an official 
letter of commendation from the Secretary of Agriculture. 
Prof. Lloyd M. Bertholf, of Western Maryland College, Westminster, 
Md., visited the laboratory on December 16, to look after some details 
concerning a paper he is preparing on his last summer's work, dealing 
with responses of honeybees to ultra-violet rays. | 
Jas. I. Hambleton left Washington on December 27 for an extended 
trip. He attended the meetings of the American Association for the Ad— 
vancement of Science at Des Moines, Iowa, and from there will visit the 
Intermountain Bee Culture Field Laboratory, at Laramie, Wyo., then go 
to the beekeeping centers of the Pacific Coast States. He will return 
by way of Baton Rouge, La., where he will visit the Southern States Bse 
Culture Field Laboratory, and will attend the meetings of the American 
Honey Producers' League in Milwaukee, Wis., on February 3 to 6. During 
this period the Bee Industries Association and the Association of Apiary 
Inspectors of America will also hold meetings in Milwaukee. Mr. Hamble— 
ton will then attend the meeting of the Ohio State Beekeepers' Associa— 
tion at Columbus, Ohio. 
Mr. Hiatt, Agent of the G. B. Lewis Co., of Lynchburg, Va., visited 
the Laboratory on December 26. 
