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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



His wife at left, sitting; her mother and Mr. Kildow, and in background his 

 honey house and workshop. 



disease; it seems to be in a circle. I 

 was not in the south very much this 

 year; I have not had any reports from 

 there, but I have had reports from other 

 parts of the state. 



Mr. Bowen — In making this report 

 I think it is well to report the locality 

 in which the Inspector finds the dis- 

 ease; have it appear in the re^rt so 

 that men would know generally what 

 the district was that contained foul 

 brood. 



What was the total number of colo- 

 nies examined? 



Mr. Kildow— 12,809. 



Mr. Bowen — A total expense of $1,500 

 and something. 



Mr. Kildow^ — $1,578. 



Mr. Bowen — That would be in the 

 neighborhood of $.13 a colony — the cost 

 for inspection. And the number de- 

 stroyed w-as — 



Mr. Kildow— Thirteen (13). 



Mr. Bowen — 13 destroyed; the num- 

 ber treated was— 



Mr. Kildow — 57. 



Mr. Bowen — 57 apiaries? I mean to 

 say those that were treated by your- 

 self and deputies — 



Mr. Kildow — Yes. 



Mr. Bowen — What did you do with 

 those that w-ere not treated? 



Mr. Kildow — Left them for the men 

 to treat. 



Mr. Bowen — Is that a safe thing to 

 do? 



Mr. Kildow — You would get nowhere 

 if you stopped to treat all of them. It 

 is very essential that the owner of the 

 place learn that himself; we could not 

 get deputies enough in the state of 

 Illinois, or money enough, to treat all 

 those colonies; we teach him and in- 

 struct him and he must get his fingers 

 in there and learn how to do his own 

 work. 



Mr. Bowen — That is true, but it 

 seems to me that it would be the 

 Foul Brood Inspector's place to see 

 that he does it. 



Mr. Kildow — We instruct him and, 

 if he does not feel confident, then we 

 treat one and possibly more; if vve are 

 satisfied he will not do that, we go 

 back. 



Mr. Bowen — Do you re-examine it? 



Mr. Kildow — Yes. 



Mr. Bowen — Do you find that the 

 owner treats them about right? 



Mr. Kildow — As a rule. They make 

 mistakes like most of us, but as a 

 rule we find them willing to learn and 

 to take care of them. It is an ex- 

 ception that we find a man that is not. 

 We would get nowhere if we treated 

 every one's apiary; and the bee-keeper 

 must do the work eventually. 



Mr. Bowen — I move the adoption of 

 the report. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Pres. Baxter — I would say in regard 

 to this — that the inspection conducted 



