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ing to about 5 per cent in all. A decrease from 45 per cent to 19.6 

 per cent in one year is certainly a high commendation of the efficiency 

 of the work. 



In this state, not only is the percentage of diseased colonies being 

 reduced, but the beekeepers are finding out what their trouble actually 

 is and beekeeping conditions are rapidly improving. It will take 

 strenuous and continued inspection and encouragement to put the 

 business on the footing which it should occupy, but the short time so 

 far spent in the work shows that here too the epidemics may ultimately 

 be instrumental in making better beekeepers and thereby be an indirect 

 benefit. In Randolph County, where 83.5 per cent of the colonies in 

 1910 showed American foulbrood, conditions have materially changed. 

 The data are not at hand but Mr. D. W. Erbaugh is responsible for 

 the statement that at present American foulbrood is scarce and the 

 beekeepers in that territory are increasing their apiaries and are finding 

 beekeeping profitable. This is the most striking result of the Indiana 

 inspection, even though no work was done there between 1910 and 

 1916. 



Through the courtesy of Mr. E. G. Carr of the New Jersey inspection 

 service, I am able to give data concerning the percentage of infection 

 in Salem, Cumberland and Cape May Counties, New Jersey, in 1913 

 and 1915. 



It is interesting to note also that in this territory in 1913 there was 

 European foulbrood in 30.2 per cent of all apiaries inspected and 

 American foulbrood in 3.8 per cent. In 1915 no American foulbrood 

 is recorded and European foulbrood was found in 25.9 per cent of the 

 apiaries. Of course the per cent of apiaries showing disease cannot 

 be decreased as rapidly as the per cent of infected colonies. During 

 the two years the number of colonies increased from 836 to 1,136, a 

 gain of 35 per cent, which is the true test of efficiency. The plan in 

 New Jersey is to cover a county as completely as possible before leav- 

 ing it. 



In Connecticut in 1910 there were inspected 1,595 colonies, of which 

 49.6 per cent were diseased and disease was found in 76 per cent of the 

 apiaries. Without giving the data for the intervening years, it may 



