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Mr. Dadant. — I then move that in order to make this motion 

 legal, according to the constitution, it be presented again and voted 

 upon at the next annual meeting. 



The motion was seconded by Mr. Heinzel. 



The President. — Gentlemen, you have heard the motion stated 

 by Mr. Dadant. All in favor signify by the usual sign. Contrary. 

 It is so ordered. 



. Now we are ready for the question box. 



QUESTION BOX. 



Question. — A hive that has had American foul brood, with the 

 frames taken out and burned and the hive well singed inside, will it 

 be safe to use for bees again? i 



Mr. Kildow. — I do not see why it would not be. There is 

 nothing left. That is a good job, I do not see why it should not be 

 safe. 



Mr. Heinzel. — I would not think it would be necessary to scorch 

 the hive. 



Mr. Kildow. — It is not necessary, but if the man wants to scorch 

 it, he can. 



Mr. Ressinger. — You would consider it safer to do that? 



Mr. Kildow. — It would be safer, I suppose, an extra precaution. 



Question. — What is the best plan to stop loss of colonies with 

 moth? 



Mr. Kildow. — I think the one that has the question box could 

 answer that kind of question. 



Mr. Heinzel. — Probably Mr. Kildow can answer it better than 

 I can, but there are several reasons for the moths getting into the 

 hive, one of which is queenlessness. It could be pickled brood, or a 

 weak colony in the spring of the year. The best plan to stop loss of 

 colonies with moths is to keep them healthy, keep them strong and 

 keep good Italian queens. , 



The President. — The question resolves itself back to one thing, 

 that the bees are not strong. The question is then, what causes them 

 to be weak? 



Mr. Kildow. — It comes down to one point, keep good, strong 

 Italian colonies. It simmers down to that. 



Mr. Heinzel.— That is the idea. 



Question. — When would be the best time to put in new queens? 



The President. — I would like to have Mr. Dadant answer that. 



Mr. Dadant. — Any time except between the first of October and 

 the 15th of April, in our latitude. I think putting the queens in either 

 too early or too late is more or less risky. The best time to succeed 

 in introducing queens — for that is really the gist of the question — is 

 when the bees are harvesting honey. You can introduce a queen to a 

 hive, or you can introduce bees from a strange colony much more 

 safely when they are harvesting honej^, in fact, they accept drones 

 from other hives without a murmur, and those same drones, or even 

 their own drones, they would kill in times of scarcity. But if I had a 

 colony queenless, I would introduce a queen, whether it was in April, 

 or way in September or perhaps October, if the weather was favorable. 



