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This is a rather unusual’ record for this part of the country. It in-— 
dicates to what extent weather conditions have varied from normal. 
George E. Marvin, Somerset, Md., who has been working with R. R. 
Pailthorp and R. L. Spangler, of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 
on a revision of the United States grading rules for honey, reports 
that considerable difficulty has been experienced in writing accurate 
definitions for comb honey which would make possible the inclusion in 
the grades of all edible and shipable comb honey produced in the United 
States. Because of the increased production of wrapped cut comb honey, 
new grading rules are being prepared which will make provision for this 
method of packing comb honey. Mr. Marvin also reports that further 
work is being done more accurately to define the minimum specific gra—- 
vity for honey which will be allowed under the grading rules. 
C. E. Burnside, Somerset, Md., reports isolating in a sample of 
diseased brood from Ohio an organism indistinguishable from the organ— 
ism isolated from diseased matérial obtained from Georgia and Florida, © 
which has taken on the appearance of a brood disease new to apiculture. 
The organism in question appears closely related to Bacillus alvei 
Cheyne, one of the forms found associated with European foulbrood. 
There are, however, morphological and cultural differences which make 
it readily distinguishable from B. alvei. 
A. P. Sturtevant, of the Intermountain States Bee Culture Field 
Laboratory, Laramie, Wyo., who attended the annual meeting of Southern 
Montana Beekeepers’ Association at Billings, Mont., reports that un-— 
usual interest was manifested in the methods of treating with chlor— 
ine combs infected with American foulbrood. A new method was recent— 
ly announced by the University of Minnesota in which chlorine is used 
in aqueous solution. The beekeepers are particularly anxious to learn 
about the practicability of this method. Doctor Sturtevant also men— 
tioned that 0. A. Sippel, State Apiarist, Bozeman, Mont., gave an inter— 
esting account of a survey of bee trees in which a large proportion 
were found to contain American foulbrocd. 
Warren Whitcomb, jr., of the Southern States Bee Culture Field Lab— 
oratory, Baton Rouge, La., reports that at the close of the active sea— 
son the last observations on the supersedure of queens after shipment 
indicate that the relatively new method of shipping gueens in "dry 
cages" in packages appears to have slight advantages over other methods 
so far as successful introduction is concerned. It is too early to note 
any difference in the various methods of shipping queens with respect 
to effect on supersedure. Doctor Whitcomb also reports that the labora 
tory has been rearing a large number of larvae of Galleria mellonellaL. 
for the purpose of inaugurating experiments dealing with the practical 
control of this pest, which causes sericus losses in the Southern States. 
