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dation that would cure European foul 

 brood anyway, but it only cured the 

 American, not the European at all — 

 so then after that, why, if I ever run 

 across a European foul brood colony 

 I will know what to do. I will chop 

 the queen's head off. 



President Miller — In the treatment 

 of European foul brood, the suggestion 

 given by the gentleman is all right, to 

 kill the queen. 



I have gotten rid of foul brood in 

 my yards — have not had any for two 

 or three years, in some yards, four 

 or five years. 



When I find a case of European — I 

 do not wait until it gets too bad; I 

 kill the queen; nip her head off. In 

 about two weeks, set that hive on top 

 of another hive, and they will clean 

 it out before they put the honey in — 

 very thoroughly. 



A member — Don't you clean the 

 combs again? 



President Miller — The bees do it. My 

 theory is that European foul brood is 

 transmitted (I may be wrong on that) 

 by the bees feeding dead larva to other 

 larva. If you kill the queen, leave it 

 a couple of weeks, that larva will be 

 cleaned out or nearly so; they will not 

 feed it to other larva. 



The most important point in the 

 treatment of European foul brood is to 

 have good Italian stock; they must be 

 resistant stock. I do that by process 

 of elimination. When I kill that queen, 

 that ends that lot of bees — set them 

 on top of other hives where they have 

 any European foul brood, I have got 

 rid of the bees that are susceptible to 

 disease. 



I worked that for a number of years, 

 and I have gotten rid of European foul 

 brood, at least I think I have; I have 

 not found any for three years in all , 

 of my yards. 



A member — I move that we adjourn. 



Motion seconded and carried, and 

 Convention adjourned until 1:30 p. m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



FIRST DAY. 



Convention convened at 1:30 p. m. 

 Called to order by the President, Mr. 

 Miller. 



Mr. Kannenberg — As I understand 

 it, if we pay $.25 more with our dues, 

 we will get the Bee Journal another 

 year, and the Gleanings. 



President Miller — We have arranged 

 with the American Bee Journal and 



with Gleanings to give a free copy of 

 either with every $1.00 membership 

 paid to the Association for one year. 



We have a letter from James A. 

 Stone, Secretary, Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, as follows: 



"Mr. John C. Bull, 



Secretary-Treasurer Chicago North- 

 western Bee-Keepers' Assn. 



"Dear Sir: I write to inform you 

 that our executive board have arranged 

 with the American Bee Journal and 

 with Gleanings to give a free copy of 

 either of the Bee Journals, with every 

 one dollar membership paid to the 

 State Association, for one year; and, 

 with each fee of $1.75, both of the 

 above named Bee Journals will be 

 given free for one year. 



"This does not prevent the affiliat- 

 ing societies at the old rate, of 50 

 cents, and the cloth bound copy of the 

 report." 



Mr. Kannenberg — How do we under- 

 stand that; if you are a subscriber of 

 the American Bee Journal and Glean- 

 ings — does that come in with the Re- 

 view? 



President Miller — It seems the Re- 

 view is not mentioned here. 



Mr. Bull — It has been the habit ever 

 since I have been attending here, to 

 join the Illinois State Association in 

 a body at $.50; the regular dues, if 

 sent in individually, would be $1.00. 

 Joining in a body we get a rate of $.50 

 — as near as I can understand this 

 letter: By sending- in $1.00 member- 

 ship instead of $.50, you get a copy 

 of Gleanings or the American Bee 

 Journal; and, if you want both, $1.75 

 to State and $1.00 here. 



Mr. Wheeler — That does not include 

 the National. 



Mr. Bull — No, the National is $.50 

 and the Review $1.00. 



President Miller — If there are no 

 further questions, we will hear from 

 Prof. Francis Jager, of Minneapolis, on 

 the question of National Problems. 



NATIONAL PROBLEMS. 



(Prof. Francis Jager, Minneapolis, 

 Minn.) 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentle- 

 men. 



I am here to say a few words In 

 behalf of the National Bee- Keepers' 

 Organization. This subject I musr 

 confess has been misunderstood and 



