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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



These figures show that there are Hsted in the records of 

 this office 4,625 beekeepers. That these figures do not repre- 

 sent the whole number is indicated by other figures in the 

 table which show that 107 towns and cities have never been 

 visited by an inspector and that 46 more have not been in- 

 spected for the past five years. Thus over 40 per cent of the 

 towns and cities of this State have been practically neglected 

 as regards apiary inspection. Conditions in these towns are 

 but little known, though the office has received no reports 

 that there is an unusual amount of disease present. 



The figures in the last four columns will give some idea of 

 the control work on American and European foul brood. Com- 

 parison of the maximum number of diseased colonies with the 

 number found on the most recent inspection shows that the 

 prevalence of both diseases has been reduced considerably. 



