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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF APIARIES. 



To the Honorable State Board of Agriculture: 



Gentlemen — In compliance with Section 11, Act 200, 1913> I submit 

 the third annual report as State Inspector of Apiaries for the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1916. 



The early frost in August, 1915, stopped the secretion of nectar very 

 suddenly and from that time till the close of the season bees gathered 

 little nectar. This condition encouraged robbing and caused a great 

 increase in disease this year. From inspection trips and also from re- 

 ports which have come to this office we have located foulbrood, both 

 American and European, in many apiaries where it was previously un- 

 known. 



There has been a large number of calls for inspection which we have 

 been unable to respond to, owing to the limited season and the territory 

 to be covered. 



Demonstrations Avere Iield in the following places: 



Apiary of — 



Place. 



County. 



Mr. A. O. Carley Munith 



Mr. Ward Every Manchester. . 



Mr. Floyd Markham Ypsilanti . . . . 



Mr. E. W. Thayer Battle Creek. 



Mr. C. E. Glover Kalamazoo . . 



Mr. F. W. Wilde Wayland 



Mr. Jay Cowing. 

 Mr. H. Dorria. . . 

 Mrs. Wilbur Frey. 



Jenison 



Mason .... 

 Sand Lake. 



Mr. C. W. Klumpp Lowell. 



Mr. David Running Filion. 



Jackson. 



Washtenaw. 



Washtenaw. 



Calhoun. 



Kalamazoo. 



Allegan. 



Ottawa. 



Ingham. 



Kent. 



Kent. 



Huron. 



The following Michigan queen-breeders apiaries have been inspected 

 and certified free from disease: 



Mr. Jay Cowing, Jenison. 



M. J. H. Haughey, Berrien Springs. 



Mr. M. H. Hunt,"^ Redf ord. 



Mr. E. E. Mott, Glenwood. 



Inspection report is as follows: 



Number of apiaries visited 



Number of apiaries not free from disease 



Number of colonies treated 



Number of colonies destroyed 



Number of colonies in apiaries visited . . 

 Number of colonies examined 



118 

 5i 



156 



14 



3,831 



1,430 



