Fic. 44—A Compacr Apiary on City Lot 
REPORT OF APIARY INSPECTION FOR 1911 
The Department of Apiary Inspection, of the State Board of Entomology, was 
organized May 1, 1911, in accordance with Chapter 50 of the Acts of the 57th General 
Assembly. 
r During the season of 1911 in spections have been made in 70 apiaries, contain- 
ing a total of about 800 colonies. The number of diseased apiaries found was 14. 
Number of colonies treated, 41. Colonies destroyed, none. American foul brood was 
located in Hamilton, Giles, Lawrence, Williamson, and Roane Counties, and European 
foul brood in Anderson, Montgomery, and Shelby Counties. Most of these cases have 
been cleaned up, and the bees are now in a healthy condition. However, a few 
reports of disease were received too late in the season to admit of sucecssful treat- 
ment and these will be attended to in the early spring. 
A card index has been prepared, containing the names and addresses of over 
800 beekeepers in the State, together with the number of colonies, their condition, 
ete. This will be added to from time to time. 
The honey crop for the past two seasons has been very light in some parts of 
the State, and the loss of bees during last winter was heavy. This was caused in 
most cases by starvation, although some of the loss was due to disease. 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. M. BUCHANAN, 
State Inspector of Apiaries. 
REPORT OF APIARY INSPECTION FOR 1912 
I respectfully submit the following report of my duties as Inspector of Apiaries 
for the first six months of my commission: 
My commission as Inspector of Apiaries for Tennessee was received June 6, 1912, 
and I at once entered upon my duties as such, in accordance with House Bill No. 70, 
Acts of 1911. Former Inspector, J. M. Buchanan, of Franklin, Tenn., turned over 
to me the names and addresses of about 800 Tennessee beekeepers that he had col- 
lected during his service. To each of those I mailed a copy of the Apiary Law and 
the following announcement of the change in the inspector: 
“This announces the appointment of Dr. J. S. Ward as State Inspector of 
Apairies, to fill the vacancy lately made by the resignation of J. M. Buchanan, of 
Franklin, Tenn. Dr. Ward asks the cooperation of the beekeepers of the State in 
his efforts to protect the honey industry from the different bee diseases. Correspond- 
ence is solicited, and reports of bee diseases will be given prompt attention.” 
The month of June was spent in doing inspection work, mostly in Davidson, 
Maury and Rutherford Counties. Only one yard was found infected with foul brood. 
This was given radical treatment, with satisfactory results. This month’s inspection 
work, however, was without guidance so far as reports of diseases was concerned, 
and much of the time was used in giving instruction in the more approved methods 
of beekeeping. 
