BEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
James I. Hambleton, Apiculturist, in Charge 
At the recent convention of the American Honey Preducers' League 
held at San Francisco January 24 to 27, an announcement was made of the 
election of E. L. Sechrist as Secretary-Treasurer of the League for the 
ensuing year. Mr. Sechrist, however, decided that he would have to de— 
Cline the position because of pressure of official work, and therefore 
Submitted his resignation. 
f Frank ©. Pellett, Associate Editor of the American Bee Journal, 
Hamilton, Ill., called at the Bee Culture Laboratory February 25 13 
confer with the various members of the staff, and inform himself as to 
the researches being conducted. 
Dr. W. W. Alpatov,. of the University of Moscow, visited the Bee 
Culture Laboratory on February 18 to discuss with members of the staff 
some phases of the problem on which he is working at Johns Hopkins 
University, dealing with variation in the honeybee. 
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LIBRARY 
Mabel Concord, Librarian 
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