BOOS ossia sie w tiaies des Wik Gate HARE bal Gas $ 505,704.50 
Appliances: so. cci caw aelie vine cece are vase woe 30,342.27 
HONG Yee vce wince aneeareoannins tone sesh d dioaaed GS 856,085.48 
Queens os os x aside aw deed wmode ail adee wd 2,500.00 
Swarms: ec cases: ais. ooe-clece ose elev b wiaretnlc vor ons 72,243.50 
Total..... ee eT Corey ee $1,466,875.75 
. These figures in a conservative way serve to show 
State aid the importance of the industry of beekeeping as 
it is in Tennessee today. 
With the introduction of more modern appliances and better bees 
and the proper care, who can estimate its future? 
_ _ The prospects for the development of this profitable and delightful 
industry in Tennessee are very good. The passage of a bill by the 
Legislature of 1911 means much in the building up and fostering of 
beekeeping. In brief the bill comprises: 
“AN ACT to suppress infectious and contagious diseases of bees; to 
provide for an inspector of apiaries, to define his powers and duties, 
and to define certain misdemeanors and provide punishment there- 
for.” (Chapter 50, Acts of 1911.) Sections 1 and 2 give the general 
scope of the Act: 
“Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 
Tennessee, That within thirty days from the passage of this Act, the 
Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint a duly qualified and competent 
inspector of Apiaries whose duties it shall be to inspect the bees of the 
State as prescribed in this Act; and such Inspector of Apiaries shall act 
under the authority and supervision of the State Board of Entomology. 
“Section 2. Be it further enacted, That upon receiving information 
from any source, of the existence of diseases in any apiary in the State, 
the Inspector of Apiaries shall examine such apiary, and all others in the 
same locality, and shail ascertain whether or not the disease known as 
Foul Brood, or any other disease which is infectious or contagious in its 
nature, and injurious to honey bees, exists in such apiaries, and shall desig- 
nate each colony and apiary which he finds infected, and shall notify the 
owner or the person in charge of such bees thereof; and the owner or 
person in charge of such bees shall at once practically and in good faith, 
apply, and thereafter fully carry out upon such diseased bees, such treat- 
ment, as may have been prescribed by the Inspector for such cases; and 
shall also thoroughly disinfect to the satisfaction of the Inspector, all bee 
hives, combs, honey and apparatus used in connection with such diseased 
bees; or the said owner or person in charge may, at his election utterly 
destroy by fire all such infected bees, hives, combs, honey and apparatus.” 
, This work of apiary inspection was begun during the summer 
of 1911, when 70 apiaries in different parts of Middle and West Ten- 
nessee, representing some 800 colonies, were inspected. Of this num- 
ber 14 apiaries were found affected’ with the American foul brood, 
a bacterial disease of bees which if left untreated will scatter readily 
and mean a total loss to the apiary and in time ruin the entire beekeep- 
ing industry of the State. The 14 cases of disease found were not 
highly advanced and have been thoroughly treated and eliminated. 
During the coming season as many apiaries will be inspected as avail- 
able funds will permit. This important inspection work, together with 
instruction, means that the- industry will be greatly fostered and ex- 
tended throughout the 96 counties of the State. It is due to these 
bacterial diseases, bee moth and poor management that many bee- 
