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IL.LINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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"Winter loss — 1. ^ 



Spring count — 5. 



Present count — 7. 



Examined — 7. 



All O. K. — Colonies in fine condition. 



Released August 3d." 



Now, if this man ever has foul brood 

 again, the card will give a clue to the 

 Inspector as to his previous condition, 

 and the same would be true of the con- 

 dition of every bee-keeper he sees. 



He will have this information where 

 he can turn to it readily and have all 

 the information in very close form, so 

 that it can be gotten at at any time. 



And this index can be passed from 

 one Inspector to another, and the depu- 

 ties' can be supplied with these cards, 

 and they can return them to the head 

 Inspector. 



President Baxter — Anything else on 

 the subject? 



A Member — ^I think it would be a 

 good idea for the Association to move 

 that we adopt that system. 



President Baxter — I have instructed 

 the Committee on Resolutions to pre- 

 sent a resolution to the Association 

 endorsing this and other things that 

 have been brought out, and- requesting 

 the State Inspector to adopt it. 



Mr. Pyles — The other part of this pa- 

 per: That is my baby; That is the 

 part of laying out a restricted area. 



President Baxter — That will be in- 

 cluded. 



Anything more on this subject? 

 ■ Mr. Pyles — I think it would be well 

 to have a copy of these cards appear in 

 the records. 



President Baxter — Mr. Stone, you 

 may have a copy of the cards inserted 

 in the records. 



Mr. Stone — The cards read as fol- 

 lows: 



Quarantine and "Clean- Up" Order. 



The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

 — Bureau of Inspection — State Board of 

 Agriculture, July 25, 19... 



County, Hampden; Town, Springfield. 



My apiary has been examined and 

 Quarantined by the Inspector, who 

 directs me to treat all designated and 

 diseased colonies and clean up the 

 apiary according to his instructions, 

 which I will do before August 10th, 

 19.., reporting it to the Inspector of 

 Apiaries on the card provided. 



I would like a bulletin on the treat- 

 ment of diseased stock. 



Name 



Owner or person in charge. 



Postoffice , 



(Daily Report to be used in Quaran- 

 tine Cases.) 



Post Card. 



Report of owner to be signed and 



mailed on or before , 19... 



to the Inspector of Apiaries, Amherst, 

 Mass. 



Dear Sir — This day I am pleased to 

 report that T have completed the treat- 

 ment of all diseased colonies and have 

 cleaned up nay apiary, complying with 

 all instructions of the Inspector of 

 Apiaries. 



(Signed) 



Date , 191... 



Instructions — Follow. 



A Member — I think, if this could be 

 followed up in the way suggested, it 

 would be a great help to the bee- 

 keepers in the country. I hope the As- 

 sociatiqn will decide to adopt this card 

 system. 



President Baxter — I am a stickler on 

 this thorough work being done; I have 

 advocated it every time I have been 

 here, and I still insist that it is the only 

 feasible way of cleaning up the state. 

 This card system is the only system of 

 keeping records so that you can see 

 them at a glance and know just what 

 has been done, and it will give you a 

 clew as to what is to be done; and this 

 method of cleaning up, thoroughly, 

 certain sections, I have advocated for 

 years, and I believe it is feasible and 

 that it should be done. 



When Mr. Kildow and I called in 

 Sangamon county we visited the 

 greater part of the county in half a 

 (Jay. We inspected everything; we did 

 thorough work; I know we did. We 

 cleaned up everything that was there, 

 9,nd we have not had anything since, 

 and that can be done in every section 

 of the state if it is gone at in a de- 

 termined way. 



If you can clean up three or four ad- 

 jacent counties, you will finally have 

 it all cleaned up. 



We have a thousand dollars that 

 ought to be used up. 



Tou never had a better chance in the 

 world to clean up foul brood than this 

 year. 



