70 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



•and an adequate supply of ready-made combs at the proper 

 time. Work on these lines will be continued. 



Several requests for Frame hives, Comb Foundation aud 

 •other Bee-keeping requisites, from various inquirers, have 

 been met as far as possible. 



No further experiments have been made with European 

 Bees owing to the great danger of introduction of Isle-of- 

 Wight Disease into India. In this connection a word of 

 warning may well be issued to any would-be importers of 

 European bees. 



A Bengali Bulletin on Bee-keeping has been written up 

 and will be sent in for publication at an early date. 



2. Lac. The emergence of Lac larvae took place at Pusa 

 on 30th September 1915 and 12th June 1916, and sixty 

 large Ber trees were inoculated. 



Three Lac Show-cases were sent to the Chandernagore 

 Exhibition, in December 1915, together with copies of the 

 Lac Bulletin (in English and Hindi) for distribution to 

 interested inquirers. 



A demonstration in Lac-culture was given to the 

 students from the Sabour Agricultural College whc visited 

 the Institute. 



No students attended the short courses in Lac-culture. 



Numerous inquiries for Brood-lac, etc., were dealt with 

 during the year. 



3. Silk. Three students completed short courses in Eri 

 and Mulberry Silk-work and three remained under training 

 at the close of the year. Eri silkworm eggs were distri- 

 buted to 89 applicants and Mulberry silkworm eggs to 70 

 applicants. Eri eggs and castor seed were sent to the Agri- 

 Cultural Department in Mauritius, where they arrived 

 safely and have done well. Mulberry and Castor seeds, 

 Mulberry cuttings and samples of different kinds of silk 

 were distributed to numerous inquirers. Instructions for 

 Tearing, reeling, dyeing, bleaching, and spinning were given 

 by correspondence. The Univoltine Mulberry silkworm 

 eggs which were sent to Shillong and Muktesar for cold 



