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such disease as foulbrood; men who defy his authority and dare him 

 to come on the premises ; men who regard the inspector as a grafter and 

 believe that the office was created by the pohticians for the purpose of 

 providing him with a job, and last, and often rather infrequently, men 

 who want to learn something about the bees and who welcome the 

 inspector with open arms. If all were like the last named, inspection 

 would be a real joy, but to convince the others that it is to their in- 

 terest to take advantage of the services of the inspector and that they 

 will not suffer because of his presence requires much diplomacy. A 

 man must never be in a hurry, must never be arbitrary, yet must be 

 firm. I have become fully convinced that the police powers for the 

 purpose of enforcing the provisions of the law should be in the hands 

 of some other officer. The mere fact that the inspector is given so 

 much powef adds greatly to his difficulties. Knowing that if disease 

 is found the inspector is given authority to demand the destruction of 

 the diseased colonies makes the uninformed dread his coming and place 

 every possible obstacle in the way of having the bees examined. 



I might very easily extend this paper to great length by outlining 

 in detail specific instances of such problems as above enumerated, but 

 the facts will be too apparent to require extended discussion. The 

 real problem after all is to find a remedy that will meet the trying 

 conditions. There seems to be little of permanent value in the work of 

 the inspectors aside from the education that comes to the individual 

 beekeepers as a result of the personal contact. Even though sufficient 

 appropriations of funds and trained men could be secured to stamp out 

 foulbrood from any single state, the chances are that it would not 

 remain free from the contagion for a single year. The fact that it is 

 present in all the northern states and most of the southern ones as 

 well, makes it improbable that the diseases can ever be permanently 

 eradicated. It very frequently happens that an inspector will be 

 congratulating himself upon the fact that by thorough work m a given 

 locality he has cleaned up the disease, when lo! it suddenly appears 

 again with a shipment of honey or bees from some outside location. 



Since all are agreed that the problem is now one of education, why 

 not make it an educational problem instead of a quarantine regula- 

 tion? When an inspector goes into a locality and is required to 

 examine all the bees there, entirely too much time and money is re- 

 quired, considering the limited resources available for the purpose. 

 Apiary demonstrations such as are now held in Ontario under direction 

 of Prof. Morley Pettit would seem to be much more efficient. If the 

 beekeepers of the surrounding country are invited to spend a day in an 

 apiary where disease is present, much more can be accomplished look- 

 ing toward the control of foulbrood. All who take sufficient interest 



