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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. 4. Part I. 



Demand for Bees. 

 Along with the effort for increased honey production came an 

 unusual demand for bees. There seems to be a tendency for 

 more people to undertake beekeeping. It is difficult to show 

 the increase in figures (the office has listed during the year 571 

 new beekeepers, which may safely be said to exceed the in- 

 crease of the last few years). 



Appointments. 

 The inspectors serving during the season were as before: Mr. 

 O. F. Fuller of Blackstone; Mr. Edwards Thorne of Worces- 

 ter; and Mr. Ivan Rawson of Richmond, who was appointed on 

 June 5, 1917. 



Financial Statement, November 30, 1917. 



Respectfully submitted, 



BURTON N. GATES, 

 State Inspector of Apiaries. 



Amherst, Massachusetts, 

 December 4, 1917. 



