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BEE CULTURE; 
Jas. I. Hambleton, in Charge 
The Maryland State Beekeepers' Association held its annual sum— 
mer meeting at the Bee Culture Laboratory on July 19. In the forenoon 
members of the staff gave short talks. After a picnic lunch which was 
served in the laboratory grounds several contests were held. It has 
become an annual event at the summer meeting of the Maryland State Bee— 
keepers' Association to choose "the best beekeeper in the State." This 
title was decided this year by the beekeeper catching the most live bees 
and placing them in a wide-mouthed bottle without getting stung. A. 
Howard Johnson, of Centerville, Md., President of the State Beekeepers’ 
Association, carried off the honors. A contest was also held to test 
the skill of the beekeepers in identifying various diseases of bees, and 
was won by Harold L. Kelly, of Forest Glen, Md. Pathé News Motion Pic— 
tures made "talkies" during the contests. 
E. L. Sechrist left Washington on July 12 to visit the cooperators 
who are assisting in the studies on aplary management and costs of pro- 
duction in New York, Ohic, Minnesota, and Michigan. This work is being 
done in cooperation with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the 
State specialists in beekeeping. 
Jes Dalton, of Kenner, La., Associate Editor of the Beekeepers’ 
Item, visited the Bee Culture Laboratory on July 16 and 17, to confer 
with the members of the staff concerning various problems of interest to 
beekeepers in the Southern States. 
Visitors to the Laboratory in July included C. H. Kinsley, Horti- 
cultural Commissioner, Butte County, Oroville, Calif., H. H. Root, Gen- 
eral Manager of the A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio, Dr. N. S. Scherbinovsky, 
Associate Professor of Entomology of the University of Tashkent, U. S. 
S. R., and Prof. David Dunavan, Professor of Entomology at Clemson Agri- 
cultural College,’ Ss. C. 
Dr. M. Hajdak, formerly of the Institute of Beekeeping at Dol, 
Czechoslovakia, has been appointed Field Assistant at the Bee Culture 
Laboratory. 
At the request of Prof. Eric Millen, Provincial Apiarist, Ontario 
Agricultural College, Guelph, Dr. C. E. Burnside consulted with the api- 
cultural staff of that institution and the provincial inspectors concern— 
ing the unusual conditions observed this season in colonies infected with 
European foulbrocd. The conditions found in the diseased colonies were 
of such a nature that field diagnoses were made under great difficulty. 
To a certain extent similar difficulties have been experienced in the 
United States during the present season. In many cases it has been pos-— 
Sible only by the use of the microscope to make definite diagnoses of Eu— 
ropean foulbrood, because of its close resemblance to American foulbrood. 
Doctor Burnside also consulted with the bacteriologists at the college. 
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