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TWELFTH ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



and they would not clean it up until 

 the law was read to them. 



Pres. Dadant — There are 35,000 bee- 

 keepers in Illinois at least. We can- 

 not expect the inspector to see those 

 ".5,000 apiaries in one, or two, or three 

 years, and we should notify him when 

 we know of the existence of the dis- 

 ease. We should then see that some 

 one goes to that apiary, and if he does 

 not, he is at fault. He can have a 

 deputy, and as long as we have money 

 to spare, that should be attended to 

 by the inspector through the deputy; 

 since the inspector cannot visit every 

 apiary in the state. 



Mr. Kildow — We sonic^times go to a 

 place in the spring and there is noth- 

 ing there; a month from tt^jat timp 

 something will show up, and then they 

 condemn the inspector. 



As for my giving a certificate that 

 an apiary is clean for one year, I will 

 not give it, because it might show up 

 during that time even though it had 

 Ijeen thoroughly cleaned up when the 

 certificate Avas given. 



The trouble is among the Ijee-keep- 

 ers. Wherever they think there is any 

 disease they should write the inspec- . 

 tor and he will go himse'f or send a 

 deputy. The bee-keepers' must learn 

 to do th(is themselves because rhe in- 

 spector cannot go to a yard every two 

 or three months. The bee-keepers 

 must help the inspectors clean this 

 thing up. 



Pres. Dadant — All in favor of adopt- 

 ing the report of the inspector, say aye. 



Report adopted unanimously. 



Mr. Moore — The Auditing Committee 

 is ready to report. 



Auditor's Report. 



We, the undersigned, Auditing Com- 

 mittee of the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, have this date audited 

 the Secretary's and Treasurer's books 

 and reports and find same to be correct. 

 W. B. Moore, 

 A. L. Kildow, 

 W. H. Stumm. 



Pres. Dadant — You have heard the 

 report of the committee — what will you 

 do with it? 



Motion made to adopt same, 

 seconded and carried. 



Mr. Baxter — Before you pass to an- 

 other topic I have a resolution here I 

 would like to read before any of the 

 members leave: 



Resolution. 



Whereas, Bee-keeping scientifically anxi 

 properly conducted offers one of the eas- 

 iest and best means of making a good 

 amount of money with a small amount of 

 capital; and 



Whereas, Many of the young women 

 and young men attending the agricul- 

 tural college in the State University at 

 Urbana with a view of engaging in gen- 

 eral agriculture or fruit growing have 

 little or no capital with which to start 

 in their chosen avocations; and 



Whereas, A knowledge of practical bee- 

 keeping would greatly assist them in ac- 

 quiring that needed capital, and the keep- 

 ing of bees aid them in the profitable 

 development of their crops without 

 hindering them in the pursuit of their 

 labors ; and 



Whereas, Quite a number of States have 

 already established a department of Api- 

 culture in their State Universities, 

 greatly to the benefit of said States, 

 wherein practical bee-keeping is taught, 

 bee diseases studied, preventions and 

 rem.edies lOr the same devised, and the 

 inspection of the apiaries of the said 

 states undertaken for the purpose of de- 

 tecting the existence of the diseases, the 

 prevention of the spread of the same and 

 the cure a^id eradication of the diseases 

 from tlie State; therefore, be it 



Resolved, By tlie Bee-Keepers of the 

 State of Illinois in convention as.senibled. 

 in Springfield, this 31st day of October, 

 li>12, that we most earnestly request and 

 urge the Board of Trustees of the State 

 University and the management of said 

 University to establish an Apiarian De- 

 partment in the Agricultural Collego at 

 the University, with a good, practical, 

 successful bee-keeper at its head, for the 

 purpose of teachin.g practical bee-keeping 

 to such of the .students as desire to learn 

 the same, to study the various bee dis- 

 eases, make experiments in the preven- 

 tion and cure of the same, and to do 

 everj'thing possilile that will encourage 

 and advance practical and profitable bee- 

 keeping witliin the State. 



By the Committee on Resolutions. 



Mr. Baxter — I move that a copy of 

 this Resolution be mailed to the Presi- 

 dent of the Board of Directors, and al- 

 so one to the President of the State 

 University. 



Pres. Dadant — You have heard the 

 Resolution offered by the Resolution 

 Committee — what will you do about 

 it? 



Motion made that it -i>e adopted — 

 seconded and carried. 



Pres. Dadant — We have with us, as 

 you know, Mr. Tyrrell of the National. 

 He is very sanguine and very anxious 

 to see it a success, and I think we are 

 all anxious to see union between the 

 State Associations and the National. 

 There will probably be a number of 

 ciuestions to be answered. 



I wish to state to him now, that the 

 principal question before our bee- 

 keepers is this; that some prefer to 



