INSPECTION WOUK i.\ RKLATION TO HORTICULTURE G91 



to the manipulation of them, but occasionally it is necessary to 

 have colonies destroyed to prevent the spread in local communities. 

 A system of quarantine regulations has been adopted, prevent- 

 ing the selling of diseased colonies which are placed by order 

 of the Commissioner under quarantine regulations for this pur- 

 pose. One difficult feature of the management of this work 

 i> I lie fact that beekeepers are widely scattered over the state, 

 and, the industry not being an extensive one, the homes of the 

 beekeepers are often many miles from convenient means of 

 communication. 



Another duty of bee inspectors is to attend various meetings 

 of the associations of the state and impart such knowledge as 

 they possess relative to the art of beekeeping. 



MISCELLANEOUS WORK OF THE BUREAU 



In cooperation with another bureau of the department it 

 becomes necessary for inspectors of this bureau to examine and 

 report upon orchard conditions, for the benefit and informa- 

 tion of purchasers of the farms offered for sale through the 

 department. 



The bureau is also called upon to make exhibits at the state 

 and county fairs and other assemblages to infornriocal organiza- 

 tions relative to the care of their trees. 



Shade tree problems of great importance are placed before 

 the bureau and include the question of the control of such insect 

 pests as are injuring the hickory, hemlock, and pine trees in 

 various portions of the state. The blister rust of the pine, the 

 chestnut bark disease and other problems require much attention ; 

 and it is believed wherever a request has 'been made that the 

 department has met the requirements of all applicants and that 

 much local good has been done. 



The inspectors of the department are often called upon to 

 attend meetings and deliver addresses on various horticultural 

 topics, including assistance to the farmers' institutes. 



The bureau has also done considerable cooperative work with 

 Professor F. 0. Stewart, Botanist at Xew York Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, on pine rust and potato and other plant 

 diseases, and with Dr. Felt, State Entomologist, Professor Parrott, 



