ttl be 
BEE CULTURE 
Jas. I. Hambleton, in Charge 
W. J. Nolan attended the Extension School of the Department of 
Horticulture of West Virginia University, at Inwood, W Va., on Feb-— 
ruary 10, and gave a talk on "The use of bees in orchards for polli- 
nating purposes." It is noticeable that fruit growers are giving more 
attention to the artificial control of pollination in orchards by the 
use of honeybees than they ever have given in the past. At the pres— 
ent time many of the producers of package bees are making arrange— 
ments to furnish exclusively package bees for purposes of pollination. 
Dr. E. F. Phillips, of Cornell University, visited the Bee Cul-— 
ture Laboratory on February 20. He was in Washington to testify be-— 
fore the House Committee on Agriculture, which held a hearing on H. 
Reev7o0; 
Dr. L. R. Watson, of Alfred, N. Y., formerly connected with the 
Division of Bee Culture Investigations, visited the Laboratory on Feb-— 
ruary 14. Doctor Watson is making investigations on the chemical anal— 
yses of beeswax, and while in Washington consulted with various workers 
in the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. 
Judging from the correspondence received at the Division of Bee 
Culture Investigations, beekeepers all over the country are much in- 
terested in assisting the census enumerators in compiling complete 
statistics on bees and honey for the forthcoming census. Some of the . 
State associations comtemplate appointing committees to assist the cen- 
sus enumerators. A very comprehensive list of beekeepers in Califor— 
nia, arranged by counties, with the address and number of colonies of 
each individual, has just been received from the California State De-—- 
partment of Agriculture. A list of this kind should prove invaluable 
to the census enumerators, and if other States would compile similar 
lists the Bureau of the Census would have little difficulty in giv-— 
ing accurate figures concerning the size and importance of the bee—- 
keeping industry in this country. 
W. J. Nolan has just attended the Southern States Beekeepers' 
Conference held at Baton Rouge, La., February 26 to 28, and reports 
a Splendid meeting, with representatives present from 17 States. Mr. 
Nolan spoke on "Federal work of aid to the beekeeper." Dr. Warren 
Whitcomb, jr., and Dr. E. Oertel, of the Southern States Bee Culture 
field laboratory, also addressed the meeting, their respective top- 
ics being "Standardization of shipping cages for package bees," and 
"The number of egg tubules in the queenbee." Dr. E. F. Phillips, George 
S. Demuth, and Kennith Hawkins, all formerly connected with the Bee 
Culture Laboratory, were present and appeared on the program. Dr. ame 
Barnard, President of the American Honey Institute, gave a talk on the 
nutrition of children, with special reference to honey. The next meet— 
ing of the Southern States Beekeepers' Conference will be held at Mont- 
gomery, Ala. 
