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Ontario Department of Agriculture Bulletin 213, "Bee Diseases in 

 Ontario," is also sent to those who have not pre\'iously received it. 



Apiary demonstrations are arranged and advertised by form letters 

 and cards sent out from the central office. Thanks are due the sec- 

 retaries of county beekeepers' associations and the district represent- 

 atives of the Department of Agriculture for much assistance in these 

 arrangements. As far as possible each inspector conducts demon- 

 strations in his own district. 



When the weather is fairly well settled about May 24, inspectors 

 are instructed to start work and cover as much territory as possible 

 before the grant is exhausted. Reports are sent in daily and accounts 

 weekly. The bookeeper gives notice when the money is nearly all 

 used, and all are ordered to cease operations, except in very special 

 cases. The objection to a geographical division of the grant is two- 

 fold : viz., the importance of an early discovery of cases of disease and 

 the inclination of local inspectors to postpone work until everything 

 is well looked after at home. Neglected districts very soon complain 

 and the responsibility is then placed where it belongs. 



As the grant has never been sufficient to inspect all known cases of 

 disease, work is done in districts where the interest is best and the 

 disease worst. With American foulbrood, the district is worked over 

 thoroughly, but with European foulbrood, the ground is seldom cov- 

 ered the second time as this disease soon eliminates careless beekeepers. 



Treatment is based on a diagnosis of symptoms of the beekeeper 

 quite as much as of his bees. To this end the inspector is given forms 

 which combine the record of past inspection with the current year's 

 report. The form is a b" x 8" card ■with heading showing the bee- 

 keepers' name and address, and exact location of apiary; also his 

 rating as a "good," "average" or "poor" beekeeper and other items 

 as to style of hive, etc. The results of inspection are reported in 

 vertical columns with appropriate headings, one horizontal line being 

 used each year. 



The complete list of beekeepers for the district is sent to the inspec- 

 tor in these forms, also some blanks for new names. He is not ex- 

 pected to visit apiaries where disease is not suspected; but \^'ithout 

 going to extra expense is requested to revise all forms as far as possible, 

 returning them from day to day with reports of inspection. Thus 

 the disease inspector is also taking a bee survey of his district. 



When disease is found and not destroyed, a small white label is 

 pasted on the hive, showing the date and nature of disease. A red 

 label covers this at the time of treatment. The beekeeper is required 

 to sign an agreement to treat before a specified date. This is forwarded 

 with the report of inspection and requires the beekeeper's signed 

 statement of treatment at the proper time. If the report of treatment 



