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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



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APIARY INSPECTION — STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Detach here. 



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County. 

 Town — 



My apiary has been I , . , by the Inspector, who directs me 



[ quarantined 



to 



clean up the apiary 



treat all designated and diseased colonies, 

 structions, which I will do before- 



Inspector of Apiaries on the card provided. 



according to his in- 

 — , reporting it to the 



Owner or Person in Charge. 



(Daily report to be used in " clean up " and " quarantine " cases.) 



No. 

 REPORT OF OWNER. To be returned on or before- 

 To the Inspector of Apiaries, 

 Amherst, Mass. 

 Dear Sir: — 



I am pleased to report that this day I have completed the treatment 

 of all diseased colonies, have cleaned up my apiary, as instructed by the 



Inspector of Apiaries. Signed 



Date 1 9 



INFORMATION: — All diseased colonies are to be treated promptly, the in- 

 fected materials immediately disposed of, destroyed or burned, according to the 

 directions of the Inspector. 



In any apiary, all refuse, including hives, frames, sections, quilts, combs, 

 and honey exposed about the premises are to be removed to safety from bees 

 AT ONCE. Prevent robbing at all times, remembering that honey is the com- 

 mon agent of infection. Further information may be had from the address on 

 the reverse of this card. 



Owners will sign and mail the above statement. [see over.] 



Report card serving double purpose: a Daily Report from the inspector to the home office 

 and a report from the beekeeper that instructions have been complied with. (Author's 

 original illustration.) 



Its further use is also to provide a mcaus of ascertaining 

 without a second visit that apiaries not infected but danger- 

 ously ill-kept, or otherwise dangerous to the welfare of 

 neighbor beekeepers, arc cleaned up and placed in sanitary 

 condition. By striking out certain words on the card, the 

 report is made to read that the instructions for cleaning up 

 have been fulfilled. During the past year upward of 500 



