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MiscEi,LANEous Work. 



Correspondence. — The usual correspondence, with an es- 

 timated increase, has been handled. The inspector finds 

 difficulty in this phase of the work from the fact that it is 

 impossible to be in the field and to properly attend to corre- 

 spondence simultaneously. Occasionally it has been neces- 

 sary to obtain additional assistance as heretofore. 



Publications. — The annual report of the Inspector of 

 Apiaries for the year 1912 is Bulletin Ko. G of the " Apiary 

 Inspection " series. 



Resignations. — Mr. John Shaughnessy of Stockbridge 

 was appointed Deputy Inspector of Apiaries on Jan. 28, 

 1913, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Deputy 

 Inspector Wm. H. Thatcher of N'orth Adams in 1912. On 

 Aug. 7, 1913, Deputy Inspector Irving W. Davis resigned. 

 It was found impractical to appoint a successor during the 

 current season. 



Attendance at Meetings. — Besides presiding at the 

 convention of the National Beekeepers' Association at Cin- 

 cinnati, Feb. 12 and 13, 1913, where the inspector was 

 elected president of that association, the writer has attended 

 numerous conventions and meetings of beekeepers throughout 

 Massachusetts and neighboring States. As usual, there have 

 been numerous field and demonstrational meetings, as well 

 as lectures given under the auspices of the inspection service 

 of the State Board of Agriculture. The newly organized 

 State Beekeepers' Association of Massachusetts is being de- 

 veloped and promoted as rapidly as circumstances and oppor- 

 tunities permit. 



Emergency Meeting. — A most successful emergency field 

 meeting under the apiary inspection service was held Satur- 

 day, July 19, 1913, at 9.30 a.m., at the Grammar School, 

 Chester Station, Mass. The meeting was called because of 

 an outbreak of European foul brood in that locality. From 

 hurried examinations in adjacent towns, the infection had 

 been determined as local and not widespread. It was there- 

 fore immediately desirable to check the progress of the dis- 

 ease. Furthermore, at that season it was quite possible to 



