REPORT 



OF THE 



TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE 



Maryland State Beekeepers' 

 Association 



January 15, 1936 

 Bedtimore, Maryland 



The Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Maryland State Beekeepers' 

 Association was held on Wednesday, January 15, 1936, in conjunction with 

 the Maryland Agricultural Society-Maryland Farm Bureau Federation 

 meetings in the Lord Baltimore Hotel, in Baltimore. 



The meeting was called to order by President S. R. Damon at 7.00 P. M. 

 He gave the usual address by the President. 



Following this Dr. B. N. Cory, Secretary-Treasurer, made a report. 



Mr. George J. Abrams, Specialist in Apiculture, University of Maryland 

 Extension Service, gave the following address: 



RETORT OF EXTENSION ACTIVITIES IN APICULTURE FOR 1935 



By George J. Abbams 

 Specialist in Apiculture 



The work of the Extension Specialist in Apiculture was unfortunately 

 curtailed during the summer of 1935 because of a serious bone infection 

 of the right hand. It was unfortunate that this disability occurred at 

 the busiest time of the year, necessitating a suspension of all work for 

 the month of July and rendering inspection work after July 1 impossible. 



The inspection work suffered most from this incapacitating of the 

 extension worker. The program of work as submitted at the beginning 

 of the year was not followed as outlined, but was altered considerably 

 to meet the exigency. 



Educational Woek 

 The greatest need of the Maryland beekeeper is instruction in bee be- 



