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much energy this year. One town had raised a fund before com- 

 municating with me, and the first information we had was in the 

 form of a request for a man to direct their work. We were forced 

 to reply that we had no funds and no man available for this work. 

 Several other localities made similar requests. 



So far as possible without interfering with other work a study 

 of mosquitoes was started. In conection with trips for other pur- 

 poses some attention was given to this subject in three principal 

 valleys of Montana, where these insects were particularly annoying. 

 From the information at hand it is evident that there are localities 

 where mosquitoes are so very abundant that it is quite out of ^he 

 question to venture in for tilling the soil or for other pi'-- 

 without having the face, neck, and hands completely protect- •. \n 

 some places the situation is so bad that stock is injured and farming 

 operations are seriously held back. 



In two valleys of the State, malarial mosquitoes were found, 

 making a total of three localities in Montana where these insects 

 have been found. This is a matter of interest, though it is not 

 certain that we are in much danger of having this disease in these 

 localities. The possibility is at least suggested. 



Without further information regarding mosquitoes, we cannot 

 lay out a reliable program of control. It is most desirable that 

 attention be given to this matter. With a small amount of money 

 to devote to this study and to experiments an enormous amount of 

 g'ood might be done, and the information regarding the method of 

 control would spread from one community to another. 



FOUL BROOD OF BEES 



In the Ninth Annual Report of the State Entomologist (1911) 

 attention was called to the fact that the American foul brood disease 

 of bees is present in Montana, having been found in an apiary near 

 Joliet in Carbon County. This matter was again mentioned in 

 the Tenth Report (1912), but the legislature has not yet taken 

 action. During this time the disease has been rapidly spreading 

 and has already become a serious menace to the bee industry in 

 Montana. It has spread down the valley from Joliet, where it was 

 first found, and is prevalent around Billings, and it has been found 

 a hundred miles eastward and a considerable distance northward 



