WILD BEES IN TBEES, BOCKS, AND BUILDINGS 



Objection to the spending of county funds for inspection worit has 

 been made at times on account of the presence of bees . in the woods, 

 crevices in the rocljs, between the walls of buildings, etc. The argu- 

 ment is put forward that, unless the bees are cleaned out of these places, 

 foul-brood will never be eradicated. It is true that bees in these places 

 are a menace, but their number is so small, in comparison with the bees 

 in hives, that it has been found to be a negligible influence. Where the 

 inspection work has been carried on thoroughly, foul-brood has been re- 

 duced to the minimum in spite of the wild bees. 



Bees in buildings may be removed, or the holes through which they 

 gain access stopped up; and the same may be done with bee trees, if 

 such are easily accessible. 



THE COUNTY WITH NO INSPECTOR 



In case there is no inspector in your county, or he is npt available 

 when most needed, you can still make beekeeping profitable, so far as 

 disease is concerned. If you fully understand the treatment of foul- 

 brood, you will keep your own apiary thoroughly inspected and clean, 

 and by helping your neighbors care for their bees, or by buying them 

 out, you can keep foul-brood at a safe distance from your own apiary. It 

 is cheaper in these cases to do considerable work gratuitously than to 

 have one's colonies continually reinfected. 



COLORADO COU.XTY APIARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1914 



County Inspector Address 



Adams Walter Martin Brighton 



Bent Charles Cheek Las Animas 



Boulder B. C. Bird Boulder 



Crowley Harry Ingalls Ordway 



Delta R. W. Bnsley Read 



Fremont F. W. Brainard Canon City 



Garfield J. H. Gardner Grand Valley 



Jefferson Lincoln Stepp Golden 



Larimer W. C. Evans Fort Collins 



Logan Leo Dunham Merino 



Mesa Wm. Harkleroad Grand Junction 



Montezuma Shelby Harless Cortez 



Montrose George Nichols Montrose 



Morgan R. C. Clary Fort Morgan 



Otero S. C. Wood Rocky Ford 



Prowers D. C. Polhemus Lamar 



