FIFTEENTH AXXUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VIII. 



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length was secured. This film shows the modern methods of 

 apiary management and is a revelation to many who have had 

 bees on their premises for many years. Unfortunately the film 

 is too short to give all the information that is to be desired. One 

 can get an idea from the moving picture at a glance which would 

 not be fully made clear by pages of reading. The film has been 

 sent out to institutes, schools, churches and anywhere else where 

 public meetings discussing agricultural questions were being held. 

 Those using the film have been required to pay the express, thus 

 relieving the department at the expense of keeping it in use. 



The agricultural college very generously gave the department 

 the privilege of showing this film at the close of their picture 

 program in the college building at the state fair twice each day. 

 Mr. Colburn who operated the machine for showing the college 



Group at Clarinda. 



pictures also showed our film, thus relieving the department of 

 expense of operation. 



The officials of the agricultural college have shown themselves 

 uniformly courteous and have assisted this department in every 

 possible way in carrying on the work of the year. 



SUMMER MEETINGS. 



At the 1913 convention of the Bee Keepers' Association arrange- 

 ments were made to co-operate with the inspector in various ways. 

 Among other things planned was a series of summer meetings 



