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we would sell anything but pure honey?" And he said, "I will take 

 one." The next time I saw that minister he said, "That honey was 

 all right, " but even he, with the judgment he had, was doubting it was 

 pure honey. 



The Secretary. — I think, Mr. President, that we never have 

 adopted a plan that convinced so many people that honey cannot be 

 manufactured, as our show at the State fair. 



Mr. Dadant. — I think it was really worth while. 



The following resolution was submitted next day by Messrs. 

 Dadant and Kildow and was unaminously adopted: 



Whereas, The artificial manufacture of sweets containing honey, under the name 

 of "honey manufacture" has been officially recognized by the "Food Administration;" 



Whereas, The laws forbid the naming of any mixture of ingredients by the name 

 of the better product contained in it;as, for instance, it is forbidden to call a mixture of 

 butter and margarine by the name of butter; therefore. 



Resolved, That the lUinois State Bee-Keepers' Association protests against any 

 mixture, containing honey in part, being called by the name of honey, or honey manu- 

 facture. Such mixture should be called by the name of the cheapest ingredient it con- 

 tains, 



Resolved, That nothing should be permitted to go under the name of honey which 

 is not strictly pure bees' honey, gathered from the flowers in the fields. Any so-called 

 manufactured honey is only adulteration. 



The President. — That is all the papers for this morning and we 

 will open the question box, Mr. Heinzel. 



QUESTION BOX. 



Question. — Would shortage of stores cause the large numbers of 

 dead bees, otherwise looking healthy, lying in front of hives in spring, 

 just before white clover flow? 



Mr. Heinzel. — I would say, yes. 



The President. — If they were out of stores, I would say, yes, but 

 simply shortage of stores, I would say, no. Of course there might be 

 a lot of dead bees in front of the hive in the spring, if there had- been a 

 large colony, that would simply have died from old age. 



Mr. Dadant. — Do you think they would die from old age in front 

 of the hives? 



The President. — Sometimes, it depends on weather conditions 

 a little. 



Mr. Heinzel. — I suppose he found them after they had been 

 cleaned out of the hives. I have found lots of them on the bottom 

 boards, hanging on the bottoms of the frames. I have had a dozen 

 different calls from parties in the last four or five years, asking me to 

 come and see what was the matter with their bees. I would see them 

 lying all around, had life enough yet to move; as soon as I would look 

 at them I would see that they were starving. With a cold spell coming 

 on they could not get out, did not have enough to eat. 



Question. — ^A part of my clover extracted honey has fermented 

 slightly; about three-fourths of this was sealed when extracted. Is 

 this unusual? 



Mr. King. — I think that means that the fermenting started 

 before it was extracted. 



Mr. Heinzel. — No, that was after extraction. 



