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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



questions of insanity or taking care 

 of the indigents of the states; we exam- 

 ine books of authority and can adivse 

 any one on these different subjects. 



We have only been established about 

 a year. 



Our second function: During the 

 time the Session is on we record the 

 procedure in both Houses so that ev- 

 ery member of both Houses will know 

 just what is going on in both Houses. 



The next thing we do is to draw the 

 budget. 



Our fourth function: We draft Bills 

 on request of members. 



To go back to the third function: The 

 Budget — • 



As the several departments of the state 

 are supposed to report to the Legisla- 

 tive Reference Bureau by the first of 

 November the amounts that are re- 

 quired for their Departments for the 

 next Biennial Appropriation — we tabu- 

 late that information, prepare it ac- 

 cording to classification, so that we can 

 tell how much is spent for salaries, 

 wages and supplies, et cetera — 



The States of New York, Ohio and 

 Minnesota and the cities of Minneapo- 

 lis and Chicago have adopted this Bud- 

 get System. 



It is nothing more nor less than to 

 put the Legislature and the public in 

 touch with the fiscal need of the state 

 and put them in touch with it in ad- 

 vance of the session. 



As you understand, your appropria- 

 tion that you formerly obtained from 

 the state was included in the Omnibus 

 Bill. I don't know that the Bee-Keep- 

 Keepers is a State Department or 

 whether you will be considered as a 

 State Department, neither do I know 

 what procedure you should follow to get 

 your needs before the State Assembly, 

 but the law is that what you require 

 should be on file. 



After your deliberations here, if you 

 so choose, you can let the Legislative 

 Reference Bureau know about it. We 

 would like to have information about the 

 Bee-Keepers of the state for the Gen- 

 eral Assembly. 



Mr. Kildow — I would state that, on 

 using this slit board with me, I would 

 want plenty of packing on top of this 

 slit board to keep that warm, other- 

 wise the moisture would condense on 

 top of this board and in that way the 

 bees would suffer for it, but, by packing 

 the top of this board, it is all right. 



Pres. Baxter — I was going to ask Mr. 



Bowen a question which may account 

 for his success in this way: Are your 

 hives double walled hives? 



Mr. Bowen — No, sir. 



Pres. Baxter — Mine are double walled 

 hives; there is no chance for the air 

 to escape except up above and down 

 through the entrance; in the single 

 walled hives, there would be left enough 

 space for moisture and for the air to 

 escape to keep the hive dry; that has a 

 great deal to do in the two different 

 cases. 



Mr. Moore — The next thing is In re- 

 gard to escape boards for taking off 

 honey — • 



Pres. Baxter — Has anybody tried 

 them? : 



Mr Moore — I think myself that if 

 anyone has ever tried to take off honey 

 with the use of the escape boards they 

 would never do without them. 



Pres. Baxter — That is my idea. 



Mr. Bowen — I second the motion. 



Mr. Coppin — I would not recommend 

 any one to do without the escape board 

 unless they were so |far away from 

 home, and they wantedj to get the honey 

 in one trip and could not get the escape 

 board; I then brush or shake the bees 

 off the quickest way possible. 



Mr. Moore — That will work out all 

 right where you are producing extracted 

 honey, using the fram.es, but in taking 

 off the comb honey — section honey — it 

 is almost impossible to do it with any 

 degree of comfort without the escape 

 boards. 



Pres. Baxter — You can use the bee- 

 escapfe boards for extracted honey so 

 much easier. 



Mr. Moore — Yes, but, as Mr. Coppin 

 says — if you have an out apiary and 

 want to get back home in a day and 

 haven't the escape boards with you, that 

 makes a difference whether or not you 

 use them. 



Pres. Baxter — I go out the evening 

 before with my auto and put the es- 

 cape boards on; and go out the next 

 morning and get the honey. 



Mr. Moore — That is alj right if you 

 have an auto. 



Mr. Coppin — It is a little harder to 

 get the bees off, with comb honey; I 

 set the super on one end and take the 

 smoker in one hand and brush in the 

 other; smoke on one side and take 

 the bees off with the other. 



Pres. Baxter — Did you ever have any 

 trouble with their breaking cells? 



Mr. Coppin — No, they! don't have 



