Wm. McEvoy, Woodburn : Counties of Haldimand, Welland, Brant, 

 Lincoln, Wentworth and Halton. 



H. G. Sibbald, Claude : Counties of Bruce, Grey, Simcoe, Dufferin, 

 Peel and Muskoka. 



/. L. Byer, Mt. Joy : Counties of York, Ontario, Victoria and Durham. 



From Northumberland east to the boundaries of the Province, a special 

 Inspector will be sent out to look over the apiaries at every important 

 point. At the present time outside of the outbreak of European Foul 

 Brood at Trenton, the Department has no definite information in respect 

 to the prevalence of foul brood or otherwise in most of this territory, and 

 it has been thought advisable to select a man from elsewhere in the 

 Province who is thoroughly conversant with the disease in all its stages 

 to make a careful investigation in the east. All suspected apiaries will 

 first be visited, and any bee-keepers wishing to clear up any doubt as to 

 the presence of this disease in their apiaries should send word to the 

 Department of Agriculture at an early date. 



Apiarists in other districts should report all cases of suspected foul 

 brood either direct to the Inspector for their district or to the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Parliament Buildings, Toronto. 



Reports were received from every county in the Province, but those 

 counties where bee-keepers' associations have been organized sent in by 

 far the largest number of answers. Evidently these associations have 

 proved of much assistance and encouragement to those engaged in the 

 industry, this being shown in the greater number of reports received and 

 the care taken in answering the questions submitted. 



The following data have been taken from the information received : 



Colonies . 



Average loss in Winter 



Wintered in cellar 



Wintered outdoors, protected. . . 

 Wintered outdoors, unprotected 



Disease reported : — 



Foul brood 



Dysentery 



100 



to 



400. 



% 

 17 

 67 

 33 



5 



45 



50 



to 



100. 



7o 

 19 



53 



44 



3 



7 

 33 



25 

 to 

 50. 



7o 

 16 

 46 

 46 



8 



7 

 32 



Under 

 25. 



% 

 24 

 44 

 50 

 6 



1 

 17 



The reports as a whole indicate that the bees wintered well, but suf- 

 fered later in many localities from the cold spring The terrible losses of 

 the previous winter are again emphasized, and it will take years to build 

 up to the number of colonies then scattered over the country. While 

 among the larger bee-keepers, the losses were bad enough, the smaller 



