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Mr Dadant. — We have often fed bees with candied honey laid 

 upon the combs. 



Mr, Tyler. — Why should not that be the easiest way to feed? 



Mr. Dadant. — Honey is so high priced that in the spring the 

 bee-keeper has not any to spare. But if he has plenty and he knows 

 he has to keep it over, feed it to the bees, certainly. 



The President. — Then in sugar there is a great deal of waste. 

 The crumbs fall to the bottom and are wasted. 



Mr. Dadant. — There are occasionally crumbs of granulated 

 honey; however, the moist weather will help that. 



The President. — Then there is another thing. If you put in a 

 cake of honey or sugar, and you have your board sealed down, you 

 have a great deal of moisture, possibly the water condenses there and 

 makes quite a mess alnd you will have it all over your bees if you are 

 not careful. It must be exactly right. 



It is now 12 o'clock arid I think it would be well to adjourn until 

 1:30 p.m. ! 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The meeting was called to order at 1:30 p. m. by the President. 

 The President. — We will now have the report of the State 

 Inspector of Apiaries. | 



EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



To Hon. Charles Adkins, Department of Agriculture: 



In submitting my eighth annual report of Apiarian work I wish 

 to state the conditions of bees in the various part of the State. 



Last spring word was received that foul brood existed in several 

 counties in the southern part of the State. These localities were 

 looked after and all reported to be cleaned up as far as known. 



The drought in this section practically cut out all surplus and it 

 was feared feeding would be necessary, but timely rains brought on, 

 the fall flowers, so bees in general gathered enough for winter. 



Logan County and vicinity seem to be having an epid€mic of 

 E. F. B. There are few commercial bee-keepers here; the majority of 

 the bee-keepers have from one to twenty colonies and very little pains 

 has been taken to bring the bees up to the standard. All that seems 

 necessary is to have bees in a hive. Little attention is given the bees 

 in this locality and conditions are very unfavorable for wintering. 

 Much will depend upon the kind of winter we have as to the condition 

 of these bees next spring. 



In the central part there have been two outbreaks of disease both 

 caused by shipments of bees from infected territory. Of the locahties 

 found diseased last year all are clean or well under control with one 

 exception. At Champaign there have been so many bees brought in 

 and so late in the season, that it was impossible to make a complete 

 clean up before the season ended. There has been no new cases at 

 Paris. Douglas County still remains entirely free. We are getting 

 rid of the box hive man. In the locality north of Peoria and up to a 



