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On a recent trip to the Pacific Coast Jas. I. Hambleton stopped 
at the Oregon Agricultural College, at Corvallis, and at several bran-— 
ches of the University of California, as well as at a number of high 
schools and junior colleges, all of which are vitally interested in 
the future of beekeeping research, and have offered the Department of 
Agriculture excellent facilities and accommodations for carrying on 
research at their respective institutions. The exact location for a 
research laboratory on the Pacific Coast has not been selected. Coop— 
eration on the part of beekeepers is assured, and a number of the county 
associations as well as individual beekeepers have offered the use Ofe. 
their apiaries and other facilities for investigational work. 
Frank C. Pellett, field editor of the American Bee Journal, Ham- 
ilton, Ill., another recent visitor at the laboratory, was in Washington 
in the interest of pure-food legislation. Mr. Pellett, who is well known 
in beekeeping literature, was greatly pleased with the library Of ule 
division, and promised to donate several important publications which 
the Department of Agriculture does not now possess. 
At the annual convention of the American Honey Producers' League, 
held in Milwaukee, Wis., February 4 to 6, a resolution was adopted 
asking the Department of Agriculture to appoint extension specialists 
in apiculture. The Association of Apiary Inspectors of America, which 
held its annual meeting at the same time, adopted a resolution request- 
ing that reports on the occurrence and distribution of American foul-— 
brood, and the progress made in its eradication, be included in the 
Insect Pest Survey. As soon as the machinery is perfected for report— 
ing the findings on American foulbrood to the Insect Pest Survey the 
information should be very helpful in giving a clear-cut picture of 
the situation as to bee diseases.in the United States, and enable the 
industry to see what progress is being made. 
STORED-PRODUCT INSECTS 
E. A. Back, in Charge 
W. D. Reed, of the field laboratory at Fresno, Calif., went to 
Indio, Imperial Valley, on February 5 to advise and make fumigation 
tests for the Deglet Noor Date Growers Association. The delivery of 
dates begins about September 5 and lasts until about January 1. All 
dates are fumigated on receipt at the packing house, and most of them 
are again fumigated just before shipment. 
On February 5 and 6 Dr. Back attended the convention of the Na- 
tional Retail Dry Goods Association, held at the Hotel Pennsylvania 
in New York City. 
