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Third. It was moved and carried that the executive committee of 

 the society be instructed to ask of the state fair manag-ers a larger 

 amount in premiums for honey and apiarian supplies for the bee- 

 keepers of the state. 



Fourth. It was moved and carried unanimously, that a committee 

 consisting- of J. P. West, E. K. Jaques and Wm. Urie be appointed to 

 draft resolutions condemning adulteration of honej^ and sugar, 

 syrup and all kinds of sweets and present said resolutions at the 

 joint meeting of the Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Association, and the 

 Minnesota State Horticultural Society on January 12th. 



Fifth. It was voted b}' the association that the executive commit- 

 tee be requested to present the matter of an experimental station in 

 bee-keeping to the officers at the Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Messrs. Barnett Taylor, of Forestville, J. M. Doudua, of Alexandria* 

 and C. Theilmann.of Theilmanton, said that if the officers at the Ag-ri- 

 cultural Experiment Station would vindertake any such work that 

 they each would donate one colon}^ to the said station, if desired, for 

 such work. The members of the association were of the unanimous 

 opinion that good work was being accomplished at the station for 

 the farmers in the state. 



The societ}' unanimously passed the following resolution: 



Be it resolved, That we tender to the Minnesota World's Fair Com- 

 missioners our sincere thanks for the interest manifested by said 

 cominissioners in our industry and for the benefits derived from 

 their causing an exhibit of honej^ and apiarian supplies from Min- 

 nesota to be made at the Columbian Exposition. 



Mr. Urie introduced the following resolution which was unani- 

 mousl}^ adox^ted: 



Resolved, That we tender to Mr. West, our president, our 'hearty 

 thanks for the able manner in which he has acted as president of 

 this society and for the interest he has taken in our behalf. 



Recess was taken for ten minutes to enable inembers to pay their 

 dues and sign the constitution and by-laws, after which C.C. Aldrich 

 read the following paper: 



BEE DYSENTERY, ITS CAUSE AND CURE. 



C. C. ALDRICH, MORKISTOWX. 



So much has been said and written on the subject that it seems 

 useless to say more; but as the question is an undetermined one, 

 and the subject has been given me to express my views, I will say 

 what I did in 1873 and 1874 (see American Bee Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1, 

 1873). 



There are a number of causes that produce this disease. The prin- 

 cipal causes are a surplus of pollen in the brood nest, cold and 

 dampness, which sours the pollen, the honey absorbing the 

 poison, and the bees by eating the pollen and honey become dis- 

 eased. The causes of an overplus of pollen in the brood nest are 

 several. The colony of bees that has a surplus of pollen is in an ab- 

 normal condition. If the colony in a honey flow fills its brood nest 

 to a limited extent, the young bees will consuine the pollen; but if, 

 after a honey flow, a dearth of honej" comes on in August in Minne- 

 sota and the pollen is about all that can be g-athered, the consequen- 



