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_ January 20, 1925, At Boston, A. F Burgess addressed a meeting of the 
Massachusetts Mo th Superintendents and the’ Massachusetts’ Tree~ ‘Wardens! and. 
“Foresters?! Agsociation on "The Pres ent: Gipsy lioth and: Brown-tail Mo th 
Situatic » An exhi 4bi tion, of moth Vo ee oe wed at these meetings on 
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Shipments of Christmas trees and Christmas greenery from New Englend 
in November and December, 1o25, were le to 14 per cent larger than the 
handle the work which hed. Sis pe done between 
_1924 ehipments.’. A] large: force of Federal inspectors was necessary to 
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ne approx imately . 1,740;000 dpruce and balsam trees, ranging in 
‘length f rom 2 feet to,.30 feet, 34,160 bales of spruce: boughs, and 6,095 
' bundles af laurel, This material was moved in 1,033 carload lots, 802 
partial’ carlcad lots, and 169 auto truck leads. In addition, over <00 
lots of wreaths and mixed greens were inspecte qgne Chris tuas trees were 
distributed across the United States in <9 States, utgside’ of New Faegland, 
extending all thé way to California, 
» Bennett Johns ton, of Wellcome Trepical Research Laboratory, Xhartumy, 
sudan, ve J. G. Meyers, Second Entomologist, Wellies whys New Zealand, were 
recent visitors at the Gipsy Moth.Laboratory. Dr. Meyers is at present 
studying at the Bussey Institute, at Forest Hillsy Boston, Mass. 
Donald i. Parker , B. Sc.,. Nacsachusetts Agricultural Ccllége, ¥%. 
appointed Suinior Entomologist Nevember <, 1925, and Samiel F.. Potts, B. Se, 
Mississippi A. and M. College, and M. Sc., University cf Maryland, was given 
an appointiiens as Junior En te cist, eifective December 17, 1925 

BEE CULTURZ INVESTIGATIONS 
James I. Hambleton, Apiculturist, in Charge 
re A. Pa Sturtevant, Belk Sechrist; de Bs Eckert, and We ds Nolan 
spoke before. the Maryland Beekee Dae: Association at Baltimore on ae 6. 
in January Jas. J. Hath Lo ton spoke. before beekeepers! n 
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Dr. A. P. Sturtevant was: one’ of the spcakers at the Ontario. Short 
Course for beekeepers held January <0 to oe) and at the Short Course given 
by Cornell University January 25 to 20. 
We J. Nolan wa Ss on the prograi bE the Pennsylvania State Beekeepers? 
Association at its annual meeting, held January <0 to el at Harrisburg, 
G. H. Gale, assistant editor..of. the Amer ican Bee Journal, was during 
January a visitor at the Bee Culture Laboratory, with which he was formerly 
connected. 
