. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Report; of Apiary Inspector. 61 REPORT OF APIARY Mr. President and Gentlemen of the State Board ol Agriculture: In presenting this, my fourth annual report as Apiary Inspector, I take pleasure in assuring you that a greater interest has been manifested in the line of apiarian work during the year just closed than in any preceding year of its history. This new interest is not displayed by the bee keepers alone, l)ut by men and women from the various walks of lif
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Report; of Apiary Inspector. 61 REPORT OF APIARY Mr. President and Gentlemen of the State Board ol Agriculture: In presenting this, my fourth annual report as Apiary Inspector, I take pleasure in assuring you that a greater interest has been manifested in the line of apiarian work during the year just closed than in any preceding year of its history. This new interest is not displayed by the bee keepers alone, l)ut by men and women from the various walks of life who begin to recognize Api- M. E. Darby. culturc as an important branch of agriculture and worthy of recognition and protection. In the work of inspection, many parts of tlie State have been visited, and the work pushed to the best advantage under existing conditions. Other parts have asked for help, and will receive attention as soon as it is possible to give it. But it is impossible for one man to do all the work and get over all the territory in one summer. During the season for inspection work, 3,635 colonies were examined, with the result that 140 colonies, or a little less than four per cent, were found diseased. This is more than a fifty per cent gain in our efforts to control bee disease, which certainly is a very, gratifying result to be obtained in four years, when we consider the many disadvantages labored under during this time. In connection with the regular work, I have taken advantage of every available opportunity to meet with farmer's insti- tutes, horticultural societies, land congresses and bee keepers' associa- tions, where I could have the opportunity of explaining my work to the people, and of giving them some information along practical lines. In these efforts I have been very kindly received, and very much encour- aged in the work. "While I am glad to be able to report a reasonable degree of success in my effort to control bee disease and diffuse
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