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Beekeeping 
The special laws in which beekeepers are most interested 
are those which provide for the inspection of apiaries for 
the control of bee diseases. This work falls on the individual 
states, there being at present no Federal laws on this 
subject. The number of states having such inspection 
has increased rapidly within recent years until now practi¬ 
cally all the states in which beekeeping is an important 
industry offer such protection. The desirable work now is 
to improve and unify these laws and to bring about greater 
co-operation in the inspection service of the various 
states. The Association of Economic Entomologists now 
has a section devoted to apiary inspection which is attempt¬ 
ing this work. 
Some states have laws which prohibit the spraying of 
fruit trees while in full bloom, the purpose of these being to 
prevent the poisoning of bees at work on the blossoms. 
Supplies for beekeepers . 
It has been shown in earlier chapters that it is quite neces¬ 
sary that hives and other apiary supplies be accurately made, 
and for this reason it is usually desirable that a beekeeper 
buy hi§ equipment from some manufacturer, unless he is a 
skilled wood worker. The American beekeepers are fortu¬ 
nate in that the supply business of the country is adequate. 
There are a number of extensive establishments, and most 
of them have agencies or branches in various parts of the 
country from which supplies may be obtained on short 
notice. The manufacturers will gladly send catalogs on 
request and give information concerning agencies. The 
addresses of manufacturers may be obtained from adver¬ 
tisements in the bee journals. 
The uses of honey. 
This subject might well form the title of a separate chap¬ 
ter, were space available for a longer discussion. While the 
production of honey does not include its use, this is a subject 
