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at convenient places over the state. Eight in all of these meet- 

 ings were held. Six were well attended and the day very profit- 

 ably spent in discussing not only bee diseases but other subjects 

 of timely interest relating to bee keeping. Several conditions 

 conspired to interfere with the success of the other two meetings. 



The Iowa Bee Keepers' Association is lending every possible 

 aid to the inspector in his work. At some points branch associ- 

 ations have been organized locally for the express purpose of 

 assisting in the work of checking brood diseases among the bees. 

 The Polk County Bee Keeper's club is one of the most active. 



At Sioux City the bee keepers are also very energetic and 

 when the writer was called to that city, more than twenty-five 



After dinner group of beekeepers at Hall apiary. 



came together with but a few hours notice to discuss ways' and 

 means of assisting in inspection of the apiaries in and around the 

 city. In such a location the inspector would be helpless without 

 the aid of some one well acquainted with the locality to assist 

 in finding the bee keepers. At Sioux City the bee keepers offered 

 their services freely in acting as guides and assistants and also 

 furnished transportation by placing their teams and automobiles 

 at the service of the inspector without charge. Mr. Aldrich, the 

 deputy for the northwestern district, did most of the work there 

 and his expense account was lightened by probably fifty dollars 



