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in the spring of 1910, and as in the case of the gipsy moth, the heaviest 

 infestations have been confined to the northeastern corner of the state. 

 During the winter of 1910-1911 several towns in this section were 

 scouted and a total of 7,133 winter webs were destroyed. Since that 

 time the winter scouting has been continued, and at present there are 

 72 of the 168 towns in the state that are within the quarantined area. 



The last legislature passed a law which provided that the towns 

 were to do the moth work within their Hmits, whenever the state 

 entomologist should deem it necessary, and through this means four 

 towns, namely, Putnam, Thompson, Woodstock, and Pomfret were 

 scouted in the winter of 1915-1916 and a total of over 14,000 webs 

 were destroyed. It has also been our practice to have the towns 

 bordering the infested district scouted, and if these are found to be 

 infested, to scout to the west until no evidence of the pest was found. 

 During the last two years no new towns have been added, and a marked 

 decrease in the number of webs in the border towns has been noticed. 



Some of the towns in the older infested areas have been examined this 

 winter to ascertain the seriousness of the infestations, but so few webs 

 have been noticed, that it is doubtful if it will be necessary to require 

 any of the towns to do that work this winter. 



(At the close of the business session, which has already been reported, 

 the meeting adjourned.) 



A. F. Burgess, Secretary 



Meeting of Section on Apiary Inspection 



The Section met in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 New York, December 27, 1916. The following persons were in attend- 

 ance. 



E. G. Carr, New Egypt, N. J.; E. F. Phillips, Washington, D. C; Franklin Sherman, 

 Jr., Raleigh, N. C; George H. Rea, Raleigh, jST. C.; C. S. Bukurth, New Brunswick, 

 N. J.; George A. Dean, Manhattan, Kansas; H. B. Hungerford, Manhattan, Kansas; 

 Frank C. Pellett, Atlantic, Iowa; E. N. Cory, College Park, Maryland; James S. 

 Hine, Columbus, Ohio; Max Kisliuk, Jr., Columbus, Ohio; Charles A. Weigel, 

 Columbus, Ohio; G. W. Underhill, West Raleigh, N. C; H. Spencer, West Raleigh, 

 N. C; J. A. Manter, Storrs, Conn.; P. T. Barnes, Harrisburg, Pa.; H. E. Backus, 

 North East, Pa.; J. G. Sanders, Harrisburg, Pa.; E. D. Ball, Madison, Wis.; George 

 G. Atwood, Albany, N. Y.; A. F. Burgess, Melrose Highlands, Mass.; B. N. Gates, 

 Amherst, Mass.; T. J. Headlee, New Brunswick, N. J. 



A number of interesting papers, published elsewhere in this report, 

 were given and generally discussed by those present. 



