
powaeh 
Dr. Warren Whitcomb, jr., of the Southern States Bee Culture 
Field Laboratory, Baton Rouge, La., attended the meeting of the Alabama 
State Beekeepers' Association at Montgomery, Ala., on November 7 and 8. 
After the meeting Doctor Whitcomb, accompanied by L. T. Floyd, Provin-— 
cial Apiarist of Manitoba, and H. C. Short, President of the Alabama 
State Beekeepers' Association, visited a large number of the queen breed— 
ers and package—bee producers in the heart of the package—bee industry in 
Alabama. 
J. E. Eckert, of the Intermountain Bee Culture Field Laboratory, 
Laramie, Wyo., attended the meeting of the Wyoming Beekeepers' Associa— 
tion at Thermopolis, Wyo., on December 12 to 14, and addressed the meet— 
ing on "The flight range of the honeybee." 
Dr. A. P. Sturtevant, in charge of the Intermountain Bee Culture 
Field Laboratory, Laramie, Wyo., attended the meeting of the Idaho State 
Beekeepers' Association, and the conference of apiary inspectors, at 
Buhl, Idaho, December 16 to 18. Dovtor Sturtevant spoke on "The vari- 
ous problems associated with apiary inspection." 
TRUCK-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. E. Graf, in Charge 
N. F. Howard, Columbus, Ohio, upon his return from the Eastern 
Shore of Maryland on December 14, visited College Park, Md., to con- 
fer with Prof. E. N. Cory, of the University of Maryland, regarding next 
season's plans for the control of the Mexican bean beetle in Maryland, 
R. E. Campbell, Alhambra, Calif., has been granted a furlough 
to undertake special studies at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 
beginning in January, 1930. He visited Washington, D. C., on Decem— 
ber 17, for conference in regard to the pepper weevil and wireworms in 
California. En route to St. Paul, Miun., from Washington, he stopped 
over at Columbus, Ohio, and attended the entomological meetings at Des 
Moines, Iowa. 
R. Cecil, Geneva, N. Y., and J. R. Douglass, Estancia, Noise; 
have been called to Columbus, Ohio, for the winter, to review with N. 
F. Howard their last season's work on the Mexican bean beetle. 
The following employees of this division attended the annual 
meeting of the American Association of Economic Entomologists at Des 
Moines, Iowa: R. E. Campbell, Alhambra, Calif., Walter Carter, Twin 
Falls, Idaho, R. Cecil, Geneva, N. Y., Jd. R. Douglass, Estancia, N. 
M., C. W. Getzendaner, Puyallup, Wash., and W. A. Shands, Grand Junc— 
Lion, Colo. 
