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Mr. Stone — Mr. President, it will be 

 well to tell the Convention what you 

 and Mr. Kildow are going after. 



Pres. Baxter — We want some money. 

 We want to know what this Bureau of 

 Information means — how it is going to 

 affect us. We are g-oing to the State 

 Auditor. 



Mr. Moore takes the Chair. 



Mr. Moore — Is there anything further 

 in regard to Foul Brood Inspection work 

 or in regard to Foul Brood in any form 

 — anj- information you wish? 



If there is nothing more, we will pro- 

 ceed to the next subject. W^e have 

 Dr. Phillips with us, his topic is Tem- 

 perature and Humidity in the Winter- 

 ing of Bees. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, in charge Bee Culture Investigations, Washington, D. C. 



"TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY 

 IN THE WINTERING OF BEES." 



Dr. Phillips — I am very glad of the 

 opportunity to come out ar^d meet the 

 Illinois Bee-Keepers again. I enjoyed 

 my former visit with you at the Con- 

 vention several years ago very much 

 and was greatly pleased that it was 

 possible to arrange for a series of meet- 

 ings through this section of the country 

 So that I could get here as well as at- 

 tend the meetings in Indiana, Iowa and 

 Wisconsin. 



This has been a rather strenuous 

 week but Dr. Gates and I have had a 



good time so far and we expect to 

 meet still more bee-keepers, and have 

 still more good times before this cir- 

 cuit is completed. 



The subject announced for me this 

 morning is the Temperature and Hu- 

 midity of the Hive in the Wintering 

 of Bees. 



It is not necessary to argue before 

 a company of bee-keepers, especially 

 in the north, that the successful win- 

 tering of bees is not only one of the 

 most important problems before the 

 bee-keeper but also at times one of 

 the most difBcult of solution. You all 



