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TWELFTH ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



want to have something' to say. I move 

 we have a delegate. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. Kannenberg — I nominate brother 

 Cavanagh. 



Motion seconded. 



Mr. Pyles — We all sit around here 

 until Mr. Cavanagh comes in, and he 

 is the one mian who seemed to care 

 whether or not we had a delegate; I 

 move that the rules be suspended and 

 that Mr. Cavanagh be elected as a dele- 

 gate to the National Convention, by ac- 

 clamation. 



Pres. Huffman — You have heard the 

 motion, what is your pleasure? Motion 

 unanimously carried. 



Mr. Pj'les — Mr. Chairman, I move 

 that there be an alternate elected and 

 in case we are entitled to two dele- 

 gates, that the alternate be the second 

 delegate. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



A member — Suppose the first one 

 don't go — then who is your alternate? 



Pres. Huffman — I understand we 

 have a right to a delegate for each 25 

 members, and any fraction thereof we 

 have a right to another delegate; I be- 

 lieve I am right; I am not sure. 



Mr. Dittmer — A delegate casts votes 

 for 25 members, does he not? I believe 

 the delegate is entitled) to vote for 25 

 members, or fraction thereof. 



Mr. Pyles — Mr. President, I nominate 

 Mr. Dittmer as alternate. 



Mr. Kannenberg — I nominate Mr. 

 Pyles. 



Mr. Pyles — I cannot go; I nominate 

 Mr. Kneser. 



Mr. Kneser — I want my name with- 

 drawn; I would like to have some one 

 else serve. 



Pres. Huffman — You have heard the 

 nominations, what is your pleasure? 



Mr. Pyles — I make a motion that Mr. 

 Kneser be elected to act as alternate, 

 and that the rules be suspended, and he 

 be declared elected. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Pres. Huffman — We will take t/p the 

 Question Box. 



Pickled Brood. 



'What is pickled brood?" 



Pres. Huffman — We have various 

 opinions on that in a way; can any 

 one answer that question? 



Mr. Dadant — Just to open it for dis- 

 cussion, I might say that we have had 

 considerable pickled brood this year. 

 I do not know what it is, from personal 

 observation; some claim that it is 



starved brood; others claim that it Is 

 diseased brood; I do not know the 

 cause. 



Pres. Huffman — What we are after 

 is to know what it is and the cause. 

 Mr. Pyles or Mr. Cavanagh, can you 

 give us any light on this subject? 



Mr. Cavanagh — I am afraid I cannot 

 give much light. McEvoy says it is 

 starved brood; it is my opinion that 

 pickled brood is brood that has died 

 from natural causes; it is not a set of 

 decomposition brood that has been 

 healthy but has died from being chilled, 

 over- heated or starved, but no real dis- 

 ease existing. 



Mr. Dadant — We have an Inspector 

 with us here; we would like to hear 

 from him; Mr. Pyles has looked the 

 question over pretty thoroughlv, I 

 think. 



Mr. Pyles — Perhaps I was the first 

 man who had the nerve to say that 

 pickled brood and starved brood were 

 two different things; when I wrote 

 about this matter to Mr. Dadant, he 

 said, "If you are right, Mr. McEvoy 

 must be wrong." 



To start with — early last winter I 

 got a letter from him wanting me to 

 describe European Foul Brood and the 

 difference between European Foul 

 Brood and Pickled BroodL 



Now in our work this year while 

 we have been out inspecting (Mr. 

 Kildow and I), and where we have had 

 little Conventions of bee-keeperg to 

 discuss this matter — it has been my 

 part to describe the four different 

 brood troubles. 



It is not necessary to describe foul 

 brood, because I believe most authori- 

 ties now agree, although less than one 

 year ago they didn't. 



In pickled brood it has been my 

 custom to say, that pickled brood dies, 

 asi a rule, from the 5th to the 7th day; 

 just at the point of capping over; that 

 when it dies, it first turns lightly gray 

 and then gets darker and d'arker until 

 it is almost black. If you take a tooth 

 pi(^ and lift out the dead bee, the 

 juices would run down from one end, 

 and if you were to puncture that skin, 

 it would have an acid smell like vine- 

 gar. It goes to show that fermentation 

 has taken place; in starved brood it 

 does not take place until after the 

 larvae is jerked out and thrown out 

 from the hive. The juices are always 

 soaked out of starved larvae and the- 

 skin of the dead larvae is thrown out.. 



