No. 4.] STATE INSPECTOR OF APIARIES. 117 



Bulletin No. 9, entitled "Fifth Annual Report of the State 

 Inspector of Apiaries for 1914," has been added to the apiary 

 inspection series of this Board. 



Meetings. — A local emergency meeting, similar to that re- 

 ported for 1913, was held in Acushnet on August 30, where, as 

 is explained elsewhere, there is a general infection. The in- 

 spector has also lectured, as usual, before a considerable number 

 of beekeepers' associations, conventions and granges, and dem- 

 onstrated before numerous organizations, notably: January 

 19 to 21, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Canada; five 

 lectures, March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24, Boston Chamber of 

 Commerce; June 10, field meeting, Massachusetts State Board 

 of Agriculture, Leominster. He has also demonstrated at the 

 field da^'^s of the several local beekeepers' associations, besides 

 lecturing at some of their regular meetings. 



It was reported in 1914 that the beekeeping demonstrational 

 equipment of the Massachusetts Agricultural College at the 

 agricultural fairs of the State had been a success. This equip- 

 ment, enlarged and perfected, was shown at Worcester, Clinton 

 and Great Barrington during the past fall. It was discovered 

 that the beekeeping tent had become, more than had been 

 anticipated, a feature of the fair and a rendezvous for bee- 

 keepers, some spending hours in consultation. Since the writer 

 believes in and maintains the unity of the beekeeping work of 

 the State, and while this display is essentially one of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, the interests of the State Board 

 of Agriculture have not been neglected. The inspection work 

 benefits decidedly by these exhibits; hence it is the writer hopes 

 that the State Board of Agriculture will apportion a certain 

 amount of money to prepare demonstrational material relat- 

 ing to bee diseases, thereby representing the work in bee- 

 keeping of this Board. It is further proposed to add to the 

 display sign of the tent the name of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture, so that in j^ears to come the tent may represent the 

 beekeeping work of this Board on a similar basis with that of 

 the college. 



It should be added that the writer on a trip through New 

 York State, in talking with some of the New York State in- 

 spectors, finds that State provides demonstrations concerning 



