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Some of the advantages of this Stare over the 
Advantages for colder states are, that it is not necessary for the 
beekeeping in beekeepers in Tennessee to solve the wintering 
Tennessee problem; the colonies keep well out of doors dur- 
. ing the winter; the great number of growing days 
in the state make it possible for bees to gather honey as late as the 
latter part of November; the honey plants are varried, coming into 
bloom at different times of the year; and apiaries may be located in 
various parts of the State we find them on tops of mountains, in the 
valleys, and in the level sections. The map on page.... shows the 
‘ocation of the larger apiaries of the State. 
Every inducement is offered to the energetic beekeeper who under- 
stands and loves the bees and is willing to. make an effort to assist 
them in caring for their store of honey. 
APIARY INSPECTION 
In the spring of 1911 apiary inspection for the first time in Ten- 
nessee was undertaken. This inspection was made possible through 
an appropriation by 
ge ae 
F 1 Mas 
a 
Legislature of 1911 
(Chapter 50, Acts of 
the Fifty - seventh 
General Assembly). 
The results of 
the initial work in 
apiary inspection are 
most .gratifying 
The beekeepers take 
kindly to the require- 
ments and seem very 
willing to do all they 
can to cooperate and 
to extend the work. 
It is surprising to 
learn how very few 
of them are ac- 
quainted with the 
bee diseases, and, in 
fact, how few are 
giving their bees the 
“proper care and at- 
J tention. The prob- 
@ lem of bettering the 
Fic. 48—INSPECTING THE BEES beekeeping interests 
is an educational 
one and it will be 
necessary to get public sentiment back of the requirement in order 
that a more liberal appropriation may be made for this important 
work. There are at present nearly 3,000 beekeepers having 10 colonies 
and more in the different parts of the State and the number of colo- 
nies of bees is 144,487. The task of inspection, therefore, is no small 
one, and with the present appropriation for the work only the larger 
apiaries and the salable queens can be carefully inspected. Not until 
more money is available for the protection of the beekeepers’ interests 
can a full survey and a complete inspection be made. It is a fact 
that bee diseases and the bee moth are at the bottom of all the bee- 
keepers’ troubles, and in the effort to adjust these matters an educa- 
tional campaign is as important as an apiary inspection. From the 
work thus far conducted it is evident that when once instructed the 
beekeepers will gladly take up the work and the prospects in honey 
producing will be even better than heretofore. 
