. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. August, 1911. American l^ee Jonrnalj keepers of our own State in particular. How best to manage and eradicate foul brood in our State is one question in particular. We have a very efficient inspector, but there has been more for him to do than he has been able to manage in inspection work, and we are informed that foul brood is now spread to an alarming extent in our State, as we have reason to think it exists in about 15 counties, and is spreading in places, as the inspector can not get around fast enough to attend to all the work needed. On account
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. August, 1911. American l^ee Jonrnalj keepers of our own State in particular. How best to manage and eradicate foul brood in our State is one question in particular. We have a very efficient inspector, but there has been more for him to do than he has been able to manage in inspection work, and we are informed that foul brood is now spread to an alarming extent in our State, as we have reason to think it exists in about 15 counties, and is spreading in places, as the inspector can not get around fast enough to attend to all the work needed. On account of not knowing the work the inspector is reauired to do, there has been some criticism of his work, as it seems is always tfie case with most public men. One wrote me that he thought the inspector should be able to give more accurate figures as to the resources of honey-production in our State, and that his figures should be re- liable. Gathering statistics is not one of his duties, nor is he employed by the State to do that, although he informs himself as to that as best he can under the circumstances. The labor bureau of our State has attempted to gather the statistics on bee-keeping, as thev do on all other industries of our State, but the bee-industry is very far from being complete, but they gather only the figures on shipments of apiary products from the railroads and express offices of the State, and that does not represent anywhere near what the resources are of the apiaries of the State. One county near St. I^ouis is given credit for some 30,000 pounds of honey in one season, while a county next to it is given credit for only about 600 pounds. The first county mentioned ships nearly all it produces to St. Louis, while the other coun- ty, that I am sure produces may be nearly as much, markets its honey directs, and so does not ship it, or but very little, so is not properly represented. The same condition exists in our own county, and one lying next to it. and so on. mo
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