APIARY INSPECTION IN NEW YORK STATE. 55 
which was written by Mr. Charles Stewart, of Sammonsville, N. Y., 
one of the inspectors of that State. I had the pleasure and privilege 
of spending four weeks in the field with Mr. Stewart last spring, and 
I feel that I can say that if there are any good inspectors in the 
United States one of them is Mr. Charles Stewart. Mr. Stewart 1s 
exceedingly sorry that he can not be here, and he requested me to read 
this paper to you. 
APIARY INSPECTION IN NEW YORK STATE. 
By CHAS. STEWART, 
Inspector, Third Districi,. 
BrorHuer Inspecrors: It is with a feeling of regret that I write 
this paper, knowing that it will be impossible for me to be with you 
at what must be both a pleasant and profitable meeting. 
It is hardly necessary for me to describe European foul brood nor 
to refer to its entrance into New York State, except to say that it was 
brought in some years ago by a shipment of bees from one of the 
Southern States, and just as we were feeling that we had nearly 
stamped it out and were masters of the situation we discovered that 
at least one if not two fresh importations had been made in a section 
of the State where no-trouble of this kind formerly existed. 
I wish to call your attention to the fact that no bee keeper can feel 
reasonably safe from infection until every State in the Union is 
under the surveillance of a keen-eyed inspector who knows every spot 
of disease in his jurisdiction and allows no bees to be shipped out of 
such territory. Had the inspectors of New York State not adopted 
this rule, disease would have spread not only all over our State, but to 
far distant points, as many, fearing the loss of their apiaries, were 
eager to sell at a sacrifice. In order not to make this rule a hardship 
to our people, we have made it a practice to find a buyer within the 
diseased territory competent to cure the disease and so keep our 
troubles within our own family. 
IT wish I had the power to paint to you in words the pathetic 
picture when four good men and true, who had been bee keepers from 
boyhood and had large interests to protect, took up this work. I 
have seen the faces of strong men blanch with fear or turn crimson 
with anger at the first visit of an inspector, and later, when their bees 
were saved and their product marketed, the young man sent back 
to college, their little children cared for, or perhaps the home saved, 
these same men with tears on their cheek would give one a hand clasp 
that was far more eloquent than words and possesses a value beyond 
gold. I question if there is an inspector present to-day who from a 
mere money point of view would not be better off if he had given 
