ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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It is nothing but pure beeswax, and 

 when we take the wax away from the 

 honey we take part of the flavor. 



I prefer comb honey for my eating, 

 because it has the virgin flavor that has 

 not been modified or changed in the 

 least. 



Question — ^Why not authorize an In- 

 spectors' Conference the coming season, 

 for the purpose of getting uniform 

 work done among the deputies? 



President Baxter — Who would have 

 the authority to do that? 



That question is a poser. I do not 

 know anyone who has the authority. 

 The State Inspectors themselves could 

 call each other together if they wished 

 to. 



Mr. Pyles — If the Stale Association 

 could authorize the holding of field 

 meets in the state of Illinois, could 

 they not authorize an Illinois Inspec- 

 tors' Conference? 



President Baxter — That question 

 does not say that. 



Mr. Pyles — But we are in Illinois and 

 doing Illinois business. 



President Baxter — There is only one 

 Inspector in this state; the others are 

 deputies. 



Mr. Pyles — This question says dep- 

 uties: 



Why not authorize an Inspectors' 

 Conference the coming season for the 

 purpose of getting uniform work done 

 among the deputies? 



President Baxter — Mr. Kildow, what 

 is' your idea? 



Mr. Kildow — ^It might be all right to 

 call a meeting for that purpose; I 

 never have yet. I would want to get 

 a bunch of deputies together and de- 

 cide what to do. 



President Baxter — Don't you think 

 it would be a good idea? 



Mr. Kildow — I do. I tried to get one 

 place last year; the party could -not 

 have me there, and I dropped it. 



President Baxter — Do you not think 

 it would be a good idea to think this 

 over, and call a meeting early in the 

 season, before the season opens, of 

 deputies and Inspectors in different 

 parts of the state, and formulate some 

 form of action? And you could work 

 the territory more thoroughly, cover 

 more territory, and give a record of 

 what had been done. ' 



Mr, Kildow — When I find out what 

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the Civil Service are going to do I will 

 know better what to do this winter, 

 and if I can get any information from 

 the Civil Service I want I think this 

 spring there will be a meeting called. 



Get a list of these who have passed 

 the examination, and go over the 

 ground thoroughly and discuss it, and 

 lay plans. 



Mr. Coppin — As I understand it, the 

 deputies have been working under the 

 instruction of Mr. Kildow, the Inspec- 

 tor, and each deputy would send in 

 their report to Mr. Kildow, so that he 

 knew what was going on with each 

 deputy, and working under his instruc- 

 tions. 



President Baxter — The purport of 

 this question is to have the deputies 

 get together and make suggestions of 

 the plans, and see if they cannot bet- 

 ter the working of the inspection work; 

 improve on it. A good many minds 

 you know will be of benefit to the In- 

 spector; what one does not think 

 about, the other will; they might make 

 suggestions that would improve things. 



Mr. Pyles — I wrote this question for 

 one purpose — to start a little discus- 

 sion, but individually, so far as I am 

 concerned, I have no fault to find with 

 the way I am situated in the inspection 

 work. 



If I have anything to argue about, I 

 go to Mr. Kildow, and say, '.'Don't you 

 think this would be a good idea?" But 

 other deputies don't have that advan- 

 tage. 



Some of these people may have 

 something up their sleeves that I don't 

 know anj^hing about, but maybe, 

 when we get together and some fellow 

 goes through a colony of bees, I may 

 learn something I do not know. 



Mr. Kildow — I think the idea is all 

 right. We did fix it up last spring to 

 meet near Lincoln, but the party there 

 could not have us. 



His idea is to get deputies together 

 and go over with each one and have 

 them tell what they think best to do, 

 sift out what has been said, and fol- 

 low the plan which looks most feasi- 

 ble. That is the idea he has. I think 

 it is a good one. 



Mr. Williams — You may come to my 

 place; I would like to have you. 



Mr. Dadant — Would it not be a good 

 idea to get those men who have been 

 accepted as deputy Inspectors, who 



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