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ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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A. L. KILDOW, 

 State Foul Brood Inspector. 



Mr. Kildow — Total number of col- 

 onies examined, 7,401; in 419 apiaries, 

 136 being diseased, 77 American foul 

 brood, 59 European foul brood. Total 

 amount expended was $1,094.24. 



Sixth Annual Report. * 

 A. L. Kildow, Chief Inspector. 



During the last two years as much 

 work has been done along the edu- 

 cational line as in inspecting apiaries, 

 and the results have been even greater 

 than before. 



We find that, as the bee-keepers learn 

 more about foul brood and its results, 

 the more interest they take in trying 

 to rid the country of the disease. This 

 is clearly shown by going over the 

 territory where we have formerly been. 

 Great improvement has been made in 

 various parts of the state. 



Vermilion County as far north as 

 Danville is clean, with possibly one 

 exception (at Fairmount) which will 

 be looked after in the spring. 



The severe outbreak at Paris has 

 been suppressed, thus preventing its 

 spread. And in and around Lincoln, 

 where foul brood was so severe a few 

 years ago, the disease has been so 



handled that only about 1 per cent of 

 the bees now are diseased. 



In the northern part of the state we 

 also find great improvement, the bee- 

 keepers have become so interested 

 that they not only look after their 

 own bees, but help their neighbor bee- 

 keepers, who have not as yet learned 

 just how to handle the disease. 



There are just samples of what ex- 

 ists in the different parts of the state 

 where the Inspector and Deputies have 

 worked. 



President Baxter — Has any one any 

 remarks or any questions to ask on 

 this report? 



President Baxter — Mr. Kildow, what 

 was the result of these instructions; 

 what did you do besides examining 

 them? 



Mr. Kildow — I gave them Instruc- 

 tions; told some of them how to treat 

 them. 



President Baxter — Did you follow it 

 up and be sure that the treatment was 

 done as instructed? 



Mr. Kildow — I went back to most of 

 the places a second time to see how 

 they were getting along; I found they 

 were following instructions and showed 

 marked improvement. 



President Baxter — Were these apiar- 

 ies all cleaned up? 



Mr. Kildow — They were cleaned up 

 as far as I know; there may be some 

 outbreak in the spring. 



President Baxter — Has the cleaning 

 been done systematically so that the 

 probability is they won't break out 

 again ? 



Mr. Kildow — Some of them do not 

 exactly understand and they make 

 more or less a block of it. They were 

 doing the best they could under the 

 first treatment; it is only once in a 

 while you find a person that catches on 

 to your instructions good enough to 

 make a good job of it the first time. 



President Baxter — I believe I would 

 go over it all again; see if it has been 

 cleaned up, and, if not, I would clean 

 It up for them. 



Mr. Kildow — We do that; we go back 

 over them two or three and some times 

 the fourth time, until we see they are 

 getting along all right. 



President Baxter — ^We want efficient 

 work, like in Hancock County, and 

 make them obey orders. 



