188 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 9 



Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Section 

 on Apiary Inspection 



The Fifth Annual Meeting of Apiary Inspectors was called to order 

 by the Chairman, Dr. E. F. Phillips, at the Southern Hotel, Columbus, 

 Ohio, Monday evening, December 27, 1915. 



The meeting showed the largest attendance of any yet held. This 

 was undoubtedly due to the fact that it did not conflict with the meet- 

 ing of any other section and was held at the hotel headquarters of the 

 Association. 



The principal things brought out in the address of the Chairman and 

 in the other papers presented were fully discussed and led to the fol- 

 lowing action by the Section: 



It was moved by Dr. Headlee and carried by vote, that it is the sense 

 of this Section that the Association of Economic Entomologists admit 

 apiary inspectors to associate membership. Dr. Headlee was ap- 

 pointed to confer with the Association on this matter. 



A motion by Dr. Headlee was carried by vote that this Section go on 

 record in favor of apiary inspection work being placed under central 

 authority and under the direction of one having had a broad ento- 

 mological training. 



It was moved and carried by vote that the Section adopt the sugges- 

 tion of the Chairman that inspectors report disease conditions of 

 apiaries along state boundaries to Dr. E. F. Phillips at Washington. 



Upon motion by Mr. Millen a committee was appointed to draw up a 

 uniform system of reporting apiary inspections. Mr. Shaw, Professor 

 Dean and Mr. Millen were appointed on this committee. 



By vote of the Section, Dr. T. J. Headlee was recommended to the 

 Association of Economic Entomologists for Chairman of the Section 

 and Mr. N. E. Shaw was reelected Secretary. 



THE FUNCTION OF THE APIARY INSPECTION SECTION 



By E. F. Phillips / 



It is obvious that the formation of a section in the Association of 

 Economic Entomologists for consideration of the problems in apiary 

 inspection was a long step toward the proper recognition of the place 

 of beekeeping in economic entomology. If w^e look back only a few 

 years w^e will realize how impracticable it would then have been to 

 get together a group of the economic entomologists of the United 

 States who had any interest in beekeeping. 



