14 Department of Agriculture 



Paralysis 



The cause of this disease has not been discovered and no positive 

 remedy is known. Recommended treatments are : sprinkling powd- 

 ered sulphur on top of the frames : moving the infected colony to 

 the stand of a healthy one; and requeening. Fortunately, this 

 disease is. not causing much trouble in New Jersey. 



Various Inspection Methods 



Bee disease control work in the various states is in charge of 

 various officials, depending on the) agricultural organization of the 

 state. In some states the work is under the direct control of the 

 go\ern(jr, who appoints the deputy inspectors ahd to whom they 

 report. 



The state entomologist is the supervising officer in a number of 

 states. Other supervisors are the state board of agriculture, the 

 commissioner of agriculture, the state entomological commission, 

 the economic zoologist, the state horticultural inspector, the board 

 of supervisors, the agricultural commission, the county commissions 

 and the county judge. Of all these various plans none appears to 

 give results equal to that where the work is under the supervision 

 of the state entomologist. 



The delay in enacting bee disease control measures in New Jersey 

 gave opportunity to observe the working of the various plans in 

 other states and to plan a measure which appeared to have the 

 most desirable features. The bee disease control in this State is 

 in charge of the state entomologist. The field work is done by a 

 deputy appointed by the Department of Agriculture upon the recom- 

 mendation of the state entomologist after having been certified by 

 the Civil Service Commission. 



About the last week in April the field work is commenced and 

 it usually ends the latter part of September. This time may be 

 shortened by a late spring or an early autumn. In the past five 

 years some work has been done in each! of the 21 counties and a 

 few of them have been quite thoroughly covered. Requests for 

 inspection are given prompt attention. 



