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there should most certainly be a concomitant development in 

 apiculture. The most serious impediment to its development is 

 the spread of the disease known as European and American 

 Foul Brood. Both these diseases have been introduced into 

 Canada, and the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and British 

 Columbia have enacted statutes with a view to preventing their 

 spread. 



Insects and ticks affecting live stock are a serious problem 

 in many parts of Canada. The well-known Warble Fly 

 \Hypoderma lineata Villers) is so prevalent in certain regions, 

 that as much as two dollars per head is frequently deducted from 

 the price paid for young stock on account of the injuries of 

 these insects. Through the co-operation of the Veterinary 

 Director-General of the Department of Agriculture, reports and 

 specimens are received from the veterinary inspectors throughout 

 the Dominion, and a knowledge is being gained of the preval- 

 ence and distribution of these insect enemies of live stock. 



In British Columbia, a few years ago, many complaints 

 were made by fruit-growers concerning the condition of the 

 orchards on the Indian Reservations, which in many sections 

 adjoin or are situated in fruit-growing sections. The Indians, 

 partly through ignorance and largely through indifference, paid 

 little attention to the orchards in their Reservations, with the 

 result that insect pests of all kinds, being unmolested, flourished 

 in abundance. The result was that the Indian orchards served 

 as breeding-grounds and sources of supply for insect pests. 

 Through strong representations being made to the Department 

 of Indian Affairs, an annual appropriation is made by that 

 Department " for the cleansing of Indian orchards," and this 

 work is administered by the Dominion Entomologist. An 

 officer is employed who devotes his whole time to this work. 

 The Indian Reservations are visited, and the Indians are 

 instructed in the methods of spraying, pruning, and generally 

 cultivating their orchards. This work has already had very 

 beneficial results, and many of the Indians are possessors of 



