66 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



immensely the suppression of disease. It is believed that this 

 Department, as the only public. institution in the State inter- 

 ested in beekeeping, could legitimately undertake such work. 



To carry out these recommendations it is recognized that it 

 will be necessary to have an Inspector of Apiaries who can 

 give his entire time to the work during the season when bees 

 are active. The acting inspector has found that it is impos- 

 sible to give adequate time to this work without interfering 

 with other duties. The need of the Department is for a man 

 thoroughly qualified as an inspector, a beekeeper of experience 

 and of some executive ability who can conduct the work 

 during the six months from May to October. During the 

 remainder of the year he should be able to give some time to 

 lectures and other educational work, plan the inspection for 

 the next season and keep up the inspection records. In fact, 

 it is believed that the beekeeping industry would profit much 

 by the appointment of a permanent Inspector of Apiaries at 

 such a salary as would be required to obtain a man of the 

 desired qualifications. 



It is evident to the acting inspector that larger appropriations 

 should be made if this work is to continue to be of service. 

 The little work which has been accomplished is useful, but its 

 permanent value can be assured only by following up disease 

 from year to year. Under present conditions inspection has to 

 be abandoned in certain sections of the State to take care of 

 more serious trouble elsewhere. This abandonment often brings 

 about disastrous results, but is necessary in order to render 

 equal service to a maximum number of beekeepers. The 

 writer of this report therefore recommends that a sum of not 

 less than $4,000 be devoted to carrying out the provisions of 

 the apiary inspection law. He believes that only in this way 

 can the full benefit of this law be obtained for the beekeepers 

 whom it was designed to serve. 



