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Number 105 January, 1923. 


FOREST INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
A. D. Hopkins, Forest Entomologist in Charge 
Dr. T. E. Snyder attended the meetings of the American Associa-— 
tion for the Advancement of Science at Boston, where he delivered an ad- 
dress at the Symposium on "Adaptations" before the Entomological Society 
of America. His subject was "Adaptations to Social Life (Isoptera)." 
Returning to Washington by way of New York, on January 2, he inspected 
some hura wood and mahogany logs in the yards of a large importing firm 
on Long Island, which had been badly damaged by ambrosia beetles. 
Methods of preventing this loss, as outlined in an article in the 
Christmas (1922) number of the Southern Lumberman, entitled "Insect In- 
jury to Green Logs and Lumber and Methods of Preventing this Loss," are 
generally being followed by American importing companies in the Tropics. 
On January 16 to 17 Doctor Snyder investigated an outbreak of the 
southern pine beetle on the eastern shore of Virginia in Accomac and 
Northampton Counties. There is a fine stand of loblolly pine on the 
eastern shore, and a serious outbreak of the southern pine beetle has 
just begun. An address was delivered to the timber owners, followed 
by instructions in the forest; owners are planning community action to 
follow out the methods recommended, which should prevent further damage. 
William Middleton returned to Washington on January 18 after a 
short trip to Columbus, Ga., for the purpose of investigating the condi-— 
tions of the sugarberry shade trees of that city, which are infested by 
scale insects, and advising the municipal authorities regarding methods 
of control. 
BEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
BE. F. Phillips, Apiculturist in Charge 
Dr. E. F. Phillips attended the meeting of the Maryland State Bee-— 
a keepers’ Association at Frederick on January 10, that of the New Jersey 

State Beekeepers’ Association at Trenton on January 18 and 19, and that of 
the Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association at Harrisburg on January 24 
and 25. He also spoke before the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 
on "Bees and Beekeeping" on January 13. 
