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treat and save much of the infected stock. A program of 

 lectures and demonstrations was carried out bj Deputy In- 

 spector John Shaughnessy and Inspector Gates. The meet- 

 ing was hurriedly and widely announced by means of a 

 special bulletin and through the courtesy of the press. It 

 resulted in a representative attendance from all adjacent 

 towns. The program included general features concerning 

 the manipulation of apiaries, the procuring and shipping of 

 bees in their relation to the transmission of disease, the na- 

 ture of the brood diseases of bees, and the materials and 

 method of treating these diseases. The subjects were fully 

 discussed and demonstrated with materials, and living bees 

 procured for the convention. 



Immediately following the convention Deputy Inspector 

 Shaughnessy carefully canvassed the territory and found the 

 limits of the infection. It was concluded that the outbreak 

 had been caused by the introduction of bees from another in- 

 fected district. The results of the meeting, however, were 

 especially marked, in that apiaries up and down the valley 

 had been thoroughly cleaned and renovated even previous to 

 the inspector's visit. Some beekeepers who were not in at- 

 tendance at the meeting gained full particulars through ac- 

 quaintances. This type of field meeting and demonstrational 

 work is proving more and more successful. 



" Soft Candy " Feed. — One of the features of the season 

 has been the development of, and the wide expression of 

 satisfaction in, a " soft candy " which is being found to be a 

 most satisfactory food for bees. This candy was originally 

 promoted and developed by Mr. O. F. Fuller, a prominent 

 beekeeper of Blackstone, Mass. The office has been obliged 

 to repeatedly furnish information concerning this candy by 

 correspondence, and Mr. Fuller reports seasonal inquiries in 

 large numbers. A full description of the candy, with direc- 

 tions for its manufacture, will be found in Appendix I. to 

 this report. This appendix has also been published sep- 

 arately, and is now available for free distribution. 



Information collected during the year concerning the inter- 

 relation of spraying and beekeeping, and the digest of spray- 

 ing laws will be found in Appendix II. 



