August, ’18] 
PADDOCK: TEXAS FOUL BROOD WORK 
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will form a large proportion of the total beekeepers in the unorganized 
counties. The number of box hives in some of the counties where the 
inspection work is being conducted, is far too large. There are now a 
few counties in which no box hives can be found. While the law 
specifically states that no bees shall be kept in box hives, it seemed in¬ 
advisable to force transferring which would necessarily fill the county 
courts with cases of misdemeanor. We have preferred to take the 
slower plan of conducting an educational campaign on the value of re¬ 
moving all bees from box hives. 
We have found that inspection work cannot go single handed; it 
must be accompanied with educational work. In two counties we 
have had especially good results from the campaigns conducted against 
box hives. In one county in three months 350 box hives out of 1000 
had been transferred in movable frame hives. The beekeepers of 
every county where inspection work is now being conducted, are now 
realizing the value of the service of the inspector. In many cases the 
inspectors are receiving more requests for inspection work than they 
can possibly take care of. An inspector is now considered more than 
a police officer; he serves very often as an advisor. 
The foul brood inspection service has been for the general improve¬ 
ment of the beekeeping industry of the state. We have received 
letters from all sections which indicate that there has been a general 
uplift of 50 to 75 per cent in the efficiency of the industry where the 
work is now being conducted. The inspection work has resulted in a 
state wide cooperation among beekeepers. In all sections of the state, 
the beekeepers have come to realize that inspection work is for a com¬ 
mon good. Not only have the organizations expressed a desire to 
cooperate with the state entomologist at all times, but many individual 
beekeepers all over the state have sought to cooperate in any way pos¬ 
sible. There are now very few intentional violations of the law or 
regulation. The greatest tendency is on the part of honey shippers to 
disregard the need of certificates in shipping honey. There are some 
counties where the inspection service is being rendered that do not 
have foul brood now, and by this action, they are seeking to prevent 
its introduction. In very few counties foul brood has been eliminated 
and in many more the disease will be stamped out in a very short time. 
