
Duy ope 
W. J. Nolan attended the meeting of the West Virginia Beekeepers' 
Association, at Martinsburg, W. Va., on November 29. This was the first 
beekeepers' meeting ever held in that section of the country. Mr. Nolan 
spoke on "The Cost of Bees for Pollinating Purposes," and much interest 
was manifested in the utilization of bees in orchards for the pollination 
Of fruit trees. E., R. Root and Dr. H. E. Barnard, President of the 
American Honey Institute, were also on the program. 
Dr. Warren Whitcomb, Jr., of the Southern States Bee Culture Field 
Laboratory, Baton Rouge, La., attended the meeting of the Alabama State 
Beekeepers' Association at Montgomery, Ala., on November 7 and 8, and 
spoke on the work of the field laboratory at Baton Rouge. He put special 
emphasis on the work of standardizing the shipping container for package 
bees. The meeting was well attended by package producers and queen breed- 
ers. 
Miss Nell A. Knester, of Clintonville, Wis., who has been in- 
timately associated with the beekeeping organizations in Wisconsin for 
a number of years, visited the laboratory on November 5, 
P, E. Crane, Middlebury, Vt., visited the Bee Culture Laboratory on 
November 16 to consult on special problems relating to ncney. 
INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND ANIMALS 
F. C. Bishopp, in Charge 
Dr. C. J. Drake, head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology, 
Towa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, visited the adminis-— 
trative offices of this Division on November l. 
Dr. W. V. King and T. E. McNeel attended the meetings of the 
Southern Medical Association at Miami, Fla., November 19 to November 
21. After the meeting some scouting, especially for mosquitoes of the 
genus Mansonia, was done in the vicinity of Miami and Orlando. Mr. McNeel 
then returned to his temporary duties at Zellwood, Fla., and Doctor 
King went to Washington to confer with bureau officials and specialists, 
and to study the mosquito collections in the National Museum. 
W. G. Bruce, of the field laboratory at Fargo, N. D., arrived in 
Dallas, Tex., November 19, to collaborate with Mr. Laake and others in 
work on the cattle grub. 
