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INSPECTORS 
Too frequently inspectors meet conditions like this. 
retical and practical knowledge of bee dis¬ 
eases. If the owner of the bees discovers 
that a man sent out by the State does not 
thoroly know disease when he sees it, the 
inspector is under a handicap. If the bee¬ 
keeper himself is a practical man, he will 
probably do just as he pleases, thinking he 
knows more than the representative of the 
State. As a general rule the bee inspectors 
are thoroly informed in regard to bee dis¬ 
eases before they are sent out. 
The third requirement is sometimes hard 
to meet. It is not difficult to get a man 
who understands bees and bee diseases; 
but it is not so easy to add to those quali¬ 
fications the third one 
— intelligence and 
tactfulness. An in¬ 
spector who goes out 
on tours of inspection 
meets all kinds of 
people. He should be 
able to size up his 
man at a glance. If 
he should approach 
the beekeeper and 
say, “I am the State 
inspector, and I re¬ 
quire to see your 
bees,” he might meet 
with some opposition; 
but if, on the other 
hand, he approaches 
his man with smiles 
and a handshake, and 
bee disease in the 
country, and if . any is 
present in the hives he will be glad to tell 
how to eradicate it. If he is tactful, he will 
not put forth any show of “authority,” nor 
invade the premises without finding some 
member of the family. If the owner is 
not present he can ask permission from 
some one in the house to see the bees, ex¬ 
plaining the matter in a tactful way. Usu¬ 
ally the good housewife is perfectly will¬ 
ing to tell him where the bees are. 
pay op inspector^. 
At this day and age a good inspector can 
hardly be secured for less than $5.00 a day 
and expenses. In some cases it may some- 
But what can the poor inspector do? 
asks him if he has any 
bees, and how they are 
doing, he will usually 
meet with a pleasant 
response. The inspec¬ 
tor can then say that 
he is sent by the State 
to give instructions on 
how to keep bees, and 
that if he can be of 
any help he is free to 
command, etc. Then 
the beekeeper will be 
interested. Mr. In¬ 
spector can very 
gracefully volunteer 
the statement that 
there is considerable 
