"Entomology Unit" in the Corps of Engineers
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D6C8mber 1944 SCIENTIFIC NOTES 849 "Entomology Unit" in the Corps ployed by the University of Wisconsin, and the of Engineers Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Madi- son, Wisconsin. CAPT. W. D. REED, Army Service Forces, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C. Headquarters, Seventh Service Command, ASF, Office of the Service Oommand Engineer, Federal Build- Since early in 1948 the Corps of Engineers has ing, 15th and Dodge Streets, Omaha, fI, Nebraska. taken on an increasing responsibility for the super- Mr. Don B. Whelan, Entomologist, in charge, vision and execution of Control 1\ieasures for In- sect, Rodents, and other Vermin, in cooperation Insect and Rodent Control. Mr. Whelan was for- me~ly employed by the University of Nebraska, with the Army Medical Department. An account and the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, of the work is giv('n in JOURNALOF ECONOMIC Lincoln, Nebraska. ENTOMOLOGY,Vol. 87, No.8, pp. 888-5, June Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/jee/article/37/6/849/819666 by guest on 29 September 2021 1944. Headquarters, Eighth Service Command, ASF, OfJ!-ce The following is alist of Entomologists appointed of the Senic8 Command Engineer, Santa Fe Build- by the Corps of Engine('rs to have charge of the ing, Dallas, 13,Texas. work: Mr. Charles L. Smith, Entomologist, in charge, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Repairs and Utilities Insect and Rodent Control. Mr. Smith was formerly Branch, Wlfslzington, D. O. employed by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Capt. W. D. He('d, in charge, Insect and Rodent quarantine, with Headquarters at Menard, Texas. Control Unit. Befor(' enlisting in the Army, Capt. Headquarters, Ninth Service Command, ASF, Office Reed was employed by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine with Headquarters at Rich- of the Service Oommand Engineer, Fort Douglas, mond, Virginia. Utah. Dr. George F. Knowlton, Entomologist, in charge, "ear/quarters, First Service Oommand, ASF, Office Insect and Rodent Control. Dr. Knowlton was of the Service Oommand Engineers, 808 Oommon- formerly employed by the Utah Agricultural Ex- 'wealth At'elllle, Boston, 15, Aiassachusetts. perimentStation, Logan, Utah.-9-7-44. Mr. John l\f. LeCato, Entomologist, in charge Ins('ct and Rodent Control. Mr. LeCato was for- merly ('mployed as Sanitarian with the U. S. Public DDT for "Out of Place" Honeybee H('alth Service with Headquarters at Fayetteville, North Carolina. Colonies D. O. WOLFENBARGER,Delaware Agricultural lIeadquarters, Second Sen.ice Oommand, ASF, Office Experiment Station, Newark of the Service Oommand Engineer, ~70 Broadway, New York, 7, New York. Honeybee colonies orten abide in houses or other Mr. Kent Littig, Entomologist, in charge, Insect structures frequented by humans from which they and Rodent Control. sometimes em~rge and sting, or at least make th~m- selves unwanted because of fear that they mIght lIeadquarters, Third Seroice Oommand, ASF, Office sting. Bees in such locations may be conside~ed of the Service Oommand Engineer, 101 East Fayette "out of place" and their removal or eradicatIon Street, Baltimore,:e, Maryland. deemed necessary. Their removal may be effec!ed by (1) transferring brood and comb or, (~) by uSlDg l\fr. S. S. Easter, Entomologist, in charge. Insect the funnel or escape method, outlined by Sec~ist and RodeDt Control. 1\lr. Easter was formerly em- (1982). Eradication is often accomplished by fUIll!ga- ploy('d ~)y the Bureau of Entomology and Plant tion, closure of colony confines, burning, drenchmg, Quarantine, with Headquarters at New Orleans, mechanical processes. or a combination of methods. I.a. Fumigation of undesirable colonies is most frc- quently practiced. Materials common!y used for Headquarters, Fourth Service Command, ASF, Office fumigation are sulfur, calcium cya~lde, carbon of the Serr>ice Command Engineer, 61B Hickey disulphide. There are advantages and dlsadvanta~es Building (P.O. Box 4114), Atlanta, ~, Georgia. in the use of each of these materials. The materlUl Mr. Austin W. Morrill Jr., Entomologist, in selected may depend on the situations involved. charge, Insect and Rodent Control. Mr. Morrill An organic insecticide recently brought into use, was formerly em ployed by the Bureau of En- commonly called DDT, gives much promise as an tomplogy and Plant Quarantine, with Headquarters eradicant for honeybee colonies "out of place." at Beltsville, Maryland. It was shown by Holst (1944) to be toxic to bees. Attention was called to one colony located ap- Headquarters, Fifth Service Oommand, ASF, Office parently under the roof or in the eaves of a large of the Service Command Engineer, Fort Hayes, two-story house, which was practically given up ~s a Columbus,lS, Ohio. hopeless case for eradication because of the d1f~- U. I,ee C. Truman, in charge~ Insect and Rodent culties presented by three entrances, It long lead-Ill Control. Berore accepting a Commission in the tunnel, and an inability to locate the br~od n~st. Army, Lt. Truman was Professor of Entomology at Attempts to kill the bees with carbon (hsulphlde the University of Pittsburgh. and with powdered calcium cyanide had been un- successful. lleadquarters, Si:cth Service Oommand, ASF, Office An eradication procedure was employed III whICh of the SenriC8 Command Engineer, £0 North Wacker a small, plunger-type hand duster charged with Drive, Chicago, 6, Illinois. Gesarol A-flO Spray (5W% DDT) was used to blow Dr. E. l\f. Searls, Entomologist, in charge, Insect the dust particles into the entrances of the colony. and Rodent Control. Dr. Searle was formally em- A total of about five ounces of the material was.