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THE DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
FRANK N. WALLACE. 
The Division of Entomology of the Department of Conservation carries 
with it all the powers and duties of the old office of State Entomologist and 
in addition has new duties and broader powers than the State Entomologist 
had under the old laws. These powers and duties of the Division of Ento- 
mology cover such a wide field of activity that an appropriation of four 
or five times the amount now available would not be sufficient to see the 
work carried out as I would like to have it. 
There are many duties of this office which are specifically required by our 
laws and it is only after these are accomplished, that we can turn to the 
other phases of the work. The field of insect study and control is so broad 
and the need so great, it is deplorable that more money is not available for 
this work. - 
Primarily, the State Entomologist’s Office was established for the inspec- 
tion and regulation of nurseries in the state and this is still one of its prin- 
cipal duties. The nursery agents and dealers are also licensed by our de- 
partment and we now have a fairly good control over the nursery business. 
We have been able to eliminate most of the crooked methods which were 
practiced in the old days by some of the nurserymen and their agents. 
The apiary inspection is an important part of our duties and this work 
has increased rapidly the past few years and most of the beekeepers of the 
state are now appreciating what the inspectors really mean to the beekeep- 
ing industry of Indiana. There is now a spirit of cooperation among the 
beekeepers, in the districts where the inspectors have worked during the 
past two years, that is extremely gratifying. Last summer I had four in- 
spectors in the field and even then we could not cover as much territory 
as we had calls from. Yet, we visited 1772 apiaries and inspected 19,245 
colonies. We were able to do this because we had a definite plan of work 
outlined last spring and followed it throughout the season. A comparison 
of this years work with former years will give you some idea of the benefit 
of our system of work. During the four years of Mr. Baldwin's regime, 544 
apiaries were visited and 12,258 colonies of bees inspected. This record 
was taken from Mr. Baldwin's published reports and I am only quoting his 
figures. It shows that this season we did 57% more work than was for- 
merly done in four years. 
When disease is found we require each beekeeper to report to the office 
when his treatment of the disease has been completed and in most in- 
stances where we could get no report an inspector was sent out to see if our 
instructions were followed. We had to burn some hives on these rein- 
spections as a few of the beekeepers still contend that they can keep 
bees in any manner they see fit. Out of 1772 inspections this season 
we have only 40 reports which have not yet been checked up on the work 
finished as we directed. 
Beekeepers tours were held in many counties and 147 demonstration 
