. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. March, 1916. American Hee Journal some time past there has been a sec- tion devoted to apiary inspection, and at the last meeting, at the suggestion of Morley Pettit, a session was also held to discuss the problems of the instructor in apiculture. At these special sessions representa- tives of probably or 20 States were present. Many of these men are di- rectly responsible for the inspection work. Others connected with the de- partment of entomology of a State or agricultural college, had an indirect interest. It is doubtful whether so many offici
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. March, 1916. American Hee Journal some time past there has been a sec- tion devoted to apiary inspection, and at the last meeting, at the suggestion of Morley Pettit, a session was also held to discuss the problems of the instructor in apiculture. At these special sessions representa- tives of probably or 20 States were present. Many of these men are di- rectly responsible for the inspection work. Others connected with the de- partment of entomology of a State or agricultural college, had an indirect interest. It is doubtful whether so many official representatives of the in- dustry were ever before brought to- gether. Dr. Phillips presided at the session devoted to apiary inspection and made some interesting suggestions in his opening address. Lack of space, since we have so much convention material, forbids our going into detail as much as the importance of the occasion jus- tifies. The consensus of opinion seemed to be that inspection work should be placed on a higher plane, and the service greatly improved. It was pointed out that in some States the work at present is not efficiently handled nor is there competent super- vision. The suggestion first made by N. E. France, at the inspectors' conference at Keokuk, Iowa, that there should be some plan of cooperation through the United States Bureau of Entomol- ogy, to the end that inspectors be promptly advised of the appearance of disease near their borders in other States, was approved. The action of the Keokuk conference in undertaking to work out a satisfactory plan was endorsed. The importance of uniform reports in the various States in order that comparisons of results might be possible, was brought out. A number of interesting papers which we have not space to review were read. A paper by Dr. McCray concerning the difficulties of diagnosis of bee diseases emphasized the impor- tance of fully trained men for inspec- tors. Dr. McCray has examined thou- sands of sam
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