BEE DISEASE INSPECTION IN WISCONSIN. Uo 
Treatment depends upon the locality. Locality is an important 
factor, but what we have to do is to. find out in what respect the 
locality is different, whether it is in climatic conditions or in the 
conditions of the honey flow. Weare in just as much ignorance when 
we attribute difference to “locality” as if we did not recognize 
any difference. We must get down to the point where we know the 
individual factors involved. I anticipate that when some of the 
discussions that have been carried on this afternoon are read, they 
will open the eyes of some people that think they have had some 
experience with disease. We have men from the East and West who 
have different conditions to contend with. That is one reason why 
i have been in favor of an inspectors’ meeting. Here we get on a 
common ground. Conditions from different parts of the country are 
discussed in a way that you can not obtain practically in any 
other way. 
I have copies here of the laws relating to foul-brood inspection now 
in force. Some of these are deficient and others have valuable points 
which ought to be brought out. It seems that the best thing to do is 
to put a copy of them in the hands of every man who is an inspector, 
with a lst of questions taking up the points which are covered by 
the laws, and ask each one to express an opinion concerning them. 
Then all that expert testimony should be collected and put on record, 
so that people interested in future changes of legislation may read 
it. If there is anyone here that would suggest how this subject 
should be handled, I should like to hear from him. 
After some discussion, it was finally decided that the Bureau of 
Entomology be asked to prepare a list of questions to be sent to all the 
inspectors. (The future action in regard to this is discussed in the 
preface). 
Mr. France then read the following paper: 
THE HISTORY OF BEE DISEASE INSPECTION IN WISCONSIN. 
By N. H. FRANCE, 
Inspector of Apiaries for Wisconsin. 
From 1870 to 1886 bee keeping was one of the profitable agricul- 
tural pursuits in Wisconsin. There was no limit to the bee pasturage 
of white clover, besides miles of basswood timber and large areas of 
wild flowers. Comb honey in all kinds of packages sold for from 25 
to 30 cents a pound, queen bees for from $3 to $10, and full colonies 
were from $10 up. 
In 1886 one Wisconsin bee keeper received $10,000 in cash from his 
1,400 colonies, and started the first bank of Jefferson, Wis. Another 
apiary of 250 colonies yielded in 1882 29,000 pounds of honey; in 
