116 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Report of the State Inspector of Apiaries for the Year 

 ENDING November 30, 1921. 



The appointment of the Inspector of Apiaries in 1921, after 

 several years absence, was for part-time service, and the work 

 was largely administrative. The following were appointed 

 deputy inspectors: Mr. Edwards Thorne, Worcester, and Mr. 

 Ivan Raw^son, Pittsfield. Mr. O. F. Fuller, Blackstone, served 

 temporarily. The reduced appropriation, accompanied by ad- 

 vanced costs of transportation and minor expenses, although the 

 fee for service was not increased, has restricted in proportion 

 the total possible inspection as compared with former years. 

 Notwithstanding this handicap, quite satisfactory results were 

 obtained. The fact that the beekeepers as a whole are in- 

 creasingly able to detect and to treat bee diseases enables the 

 inspectors to proceed faster and devote more time to cases 

 particularly needy. 



In Berkshire County the work centered from Pittsfield. 

 Most of the towns in the county were visited, some more ex- 

 tensively than others. In only a few instances were conditions 

 found to be other than encouraging. 



From Springfield, Hampshire and Hampden counties were 

 covered. Some work was also necessary in Franklin County, 

 although strikingly less than in portions of Hampden County. 

 In several of the towns here repeated inspection was necessary 

 in order to bring under control certain apiaries. This district 

 will be thoroughly covered in 1922 to check up the work al- 

 ready done. 



Worcester was the center from which Worcester County and 

 east into Middlesex and Essex counties and southeast to some 

 extent were covered. No serious disease nests'" were found in 

 Worcester County, possibly excepting a local infection in the 

 northern part. This was apparently suppressed, but needs 

 checking over in 1922. Framingham and vicinity gave con- 

 siderable concern, requiring repeated calls throughout the sea- 

 son because of a local outbreak of American foulbrood. This 

 is considered entirely controlled. 



In the southeastern part of the State it was possible to visit 

 areas needing inspection. In 1922 it would be desirable to 



