February, '15] 



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there is a growing inclination to transfer it to the entomological de- 

 partments. This branch of entomological work is each year becoming 

 of more and more importance and it is most appropriate that our 

 program this evening should have as its opening number a report of 

 progress from the various states. 



The addition of apicultural inspection to the already heavy load 

 of duties carried by the average economic entomologist has presented 

 man}^ new problems in efficiency. For example, the task of keeping 

 adequate records, often with insufficient clerical help, without seri- 

 oush' hampering other lines of entomological work, is one which has 

 been faced by most of our members. Proper correlation of the field 

 work with that of the office also presents new questions for solution. 

 A knowledge of the distribution of bee diseases, and the means by 

 which the}' are disseminated, is of the utmost importance to the 

 apiaxA^ inspector, for he who knows from whence the enemy is to come 

 is more than half prepared to meet him. 



These questious are to be discussed this evening by gentlemen who 

 have not only given them long and careful consideration but who, 

 by experience, have tested their own methods and found them not 

 wanting. 



THE DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN 

 FOUL BROOD IN THE UNITED STATES 



By E. r. Phillips, Washington, D. C. 

 (Withdrawn for yiiblicatioii elsewhere.) 



A SIMPLE RECORD SYSTEM FOR APIARY INSPECTION 



By W. E. Beittox, New Haven, Conn. 



In Connecticut, the first apiary inspection law was passed by the 

 legislature of 1909, but the measure went into effect so late in the 

 season that no actual inspection work could be done before the sum- 

 mer of 1910. As the law provided that permanent records open to 

 public inspection should be kept on file in the office of the State En- 

 tomologist, we were obliged to devise a system to meet the require- 

 ments of the situation. 



Inspection reports filled out in the field are apt to become soiled and 

 lack uniformity; names and addresses of beekeepers often vary in 

 different reports; the writing is usually done hurriedly so that the 

 reports are hardly suitable for filing as permanent records. Aftej. 



