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diminished in virulence, this result, I believe, may be fairly attributed 
to the inspection service and particularly to the extension work done by 
the inspectors in showing the owners how to recognize the disease and 
how to eradicate it. The percentages for each are as follows: 
Percentages of European Foul Brood in Apiaries Inspected 
Year 
» 
No. apiaries 
inspected 
No. colonies 
inspected 
Percentage infested, 
Apiaries 
European foul brood 
Colonies 
1910 
208 
1,595 
75.9 
49.7 
1911 
162 
1,571 
51.8 
27.4 
1912 
153 
1,431 
47.7 
23.5 
1913 
189 
1,500 
44.4 
24.5 
1914 
463 
3,882 
32.6 
13.9 
1915 
494 
4,241 
26.1 
10.3 
1916 
467 
3,898 
18.8 
7.05 
1917 
473 
4,506 
16.7 
4.86 
1918 
395 
3,047 
9.8 
3.3 
1919 
723 
6,070 
6.6 
1.2 
The occurence of American foul brood has, of course, been sporadic. 
It has been mostly in the southern part of the state, and there was more 
of it in 1919 than in any year since the inspection service was inaugu¬ 
rated. The record of percentages for this disease for the ten-year 
period is as follows: 
Percentages of American Foul Brood in Apiaries Inspected 
Year 
No. apiaries 
inspected 
No. colonies 
inspected 
Percentage infested, 
Apiaries 
American foul brood 
Colonies 
1910 
208 
1,595 
00 
00 
1911 
162 
1,571 
00 
00 
1912 
153 
1,431 
00 
00 
1913 
189 
1,500 
00 
00 
1914 
463 
3,882 
1.07 
.7 
1915 
494 
4,241 
.8 
.18 
1916 
467 
3,898 
1.07 _ 
.15 
1917 
473 
4,506 
.42 
.17 
1918 
395 
3,047 
1.01 
.32 
1919 
723 
6,070 
3.0 
1.1 
We now have an extension worker in apiculture in Connecticut. 
With the right kind of demonstrations, exhibits, and many personal 
visits to apiaries, I believe that the future is promising for the business. 
Possibly it may be necessary to cultivate or encourage sweet clover or 
some other valuable honey producing plant, but this will come about 
as a direct result of aroused interest in the subject, and intelligent 
management of apiaries. 
