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TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Date. 



l>p 



£^ 

 w 



"! 

 O 

 O 







1912. 



April , 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 



October. . . . 



Total... 



422 



IS.Jl 



2715 



1619 



854 



301 



26 

 139 

 264 



87 

 111 



40 



.1. 



7761 66 



IS 

 68 

 88 

 35 

 CO 

 19 



19 



22 



7 



17 



18 

 49 

 66 



28 

 43 

 12 



2S8 



216 



120 



I 



lOi 2 



11 



17 



65 V2 

 113 



45 



54% 

 20 

 3 



308 14 



$ 13, 



71. 

 31. 

 17. 

 25, 



28. 

 14. 



63 

 00 

 59 

 70 

 30 

 13 



$ 68.00 

 222.00 

 452.00 

 180.00 

 219.00 

 80.00 

 12.00 



$ 202.17 



$1233.00 



Of this work 2OS14 days was inspection by Deputies, and 100 days was inspection 

 by Inspector. ^ L. KILDOW, 



_ State Inspector of Apiaries. 



Pres. Dadant— That report includes 

 the deputies as well as yourself? 



Mr. Kildow — Per diem, deputy. 



Pres. Dadant — The deputy's expenses 

 are paid out of the bee-keepers' treas- 

 ury ? 



Mr. Kildow— Per diem, $1,233. 



Pres. Dadant — Paid out of the ap- 

 propriation by the State for that pur- 

 pose? 



Mr. Kildow— There was $1,500 ap- 

 propriation. Of course this last six 

 months' expense, from the first of July 

 to now, comes on our second year. 



Mr. Moore — How much will there be 

 for next spring's work, up to the first 

 of July? 



Mr. Kildow — For the months of July, 

 August, September and October, there 

 is $576.72. 



Pres. Dadant — That goes on next 

 year's appropriation? 



Mr. Kildow — Yes. 



Mr. Kildow — $923.28 yet to use of 

 this year's appropriation; we can use 

 that before the first of next July. 



Mr. Stone — You have the second 

 fifteen hundred? You are already 

 drawing on that this year? 



Mr. Kildow — Five hundred and some 

 odd dollars. 



Mr. Stone — Can you keep that money 

 in the treasury of last year, or will it 

 revert? 



Mr. Kildow — I don't' know. 



Mr. Stone — Your term expires in 

 July? 



Mr. Kildow — They have placed me 

 under Civil Service commission, I un- 

 derstand now, — it takes me from under 

 the Governor and places me under the 

 civil service — non-political, and I have 

 to do something wrong in order to be 

 removed — to be removed for cause. 



Pres. Dadant — You don't have to 

 pass an examination? 



Mr. Kildow — No. 



Pres. Dadant — There is one question 

 that the members will be glad to 

 hear — 



How many deputies are there, and 

 who are they? 



■ Mr. Kildow — I can give you them but 

 not from memory 



There is Mr. Arthur Lee, Altona; 

 Mr. Moore, Highland; Mr: Weidner, 

 Watseka; — 'Mr. Roberts — Mr. Pyles; — 

 Mr. Witherow of Buffalo; there is a 

 man at Casey, he only had a few days 

 work; his name is Oscar Shawder; at 

 Hudsonville, Mr. Frank L. Shaw. 



Mr. Stone — Did he visit Edwards- 

 ville, Mr. Werner? 



Mr. Kildow — Yes, once. 



Mr. Stone — iMr. Werner said a man 

 came to him that didn't know much 

 about bees. 



Mr. Kildow — We have to make al- 



