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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



their clover fields. I have had a num- 

 ber of applications for them. 



President B'axter — Will somebody get 

 up this resolution and present it to 

 the Association for action? 



Mr. Stone — I move that Mr. Dadant 

 and Doctor Baxter be appointed to 

 formulate resolutions. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



President Baxter — Mr. Dadant is 

 probably better posted than any of us 

 on that line. 



President Baxter — What is your fur- 

 ther pleasure? 



Mr. Pyles — We have a number of 

 questions here. 



Question — Have any of you gotten 

 any honey from corn bloom? 



Mr. Kildow — I can say I have not. 



A member — I never saw bees work- 

 ing on corn bloom except for pollen; 

 more than half the ground around our 

 place is in corn; I never knew them 

 to get enough to keep them from 

 starving when there was nothing else 

 in bloom. 



Mr. Kildow — I din't think they get 

 anything but pollen from it. 



Mr. Stone — I have seen them on the 

 corn bloom. 



Mr. Seastream — This year there was 

 quite a "bit of corn coming in and also 

 quite a bit of honey; the bees were 

 working nicely from four to five hours 

 on them. 



President Baxter— Anything further 

 on this question? 



Mr. Coppin — I put that question for 

 the reason that there was a sample of 

 honey at our State Fair and they said 

 it was from corn tassel, and in my ex- 

 perience I had never gotten any that 

 way, and I don't think the bees ever 

 got any. 



I simply asked that question to hear 

 what the people — what other people 

 would say. 



I am right in the corn belt where 

 there is more corn than anything else. 



Mr. Pyles — Three years ago when 

 Mr. Kildow and I were at Mr. Bald- 

 win's, he reported that up in Missis- 

 sippi they got a large flow of honey 

 from corn bloom, very mild, of light 

 color. 



And, while we didn't know any- 

 thing about Mr. Baldwin's reputation 

 for truth and veracity, he talks as a 



man who knows what he is talking 

 about. 



Mr. Kildow — I am like the man from 

 Missouri! 



Mr. King — I was the one that pre- 

 sented that sample but found out 

 afterwards it was something else. 



President Baxter — Is it not a fact 

 that corn sometimes produces honey- 

 dew which tastes like glucose and one 

 might take it for corn honey? Does 

 any one know of corn producing 

 honey-dew? 



Mr. Diebold — I live in a corn belt 

 and never bad a drop of honey gath- 

 ered from corn tassel or bloom in my 

 life. 



Mr. Seastream — During the time I 

 was talking about, I thought it pro- 

 duced honey, and I am positively sure 

 that they were getting a little honey 

 because I had a field of corn close to 

 me and as I went up I saw the bees 

 working on it every time, and I fol- 

 lowed the bees up from row to row 

 to see if there were some bees that 

 did get some honey, and I caught some 

 and mashed them up; of course they 

 were loaded with pollen and they had 

 some honey but it was not A'ery much. 

 It was enough to breed up on, to keep 

 the hive going on for a little while; I 

 am positively sure there was not any- 

 thing else in my neighborhood for the 

 bees to get at that time. 



I could see it to a small extent in 

 the hives also. 



I run my yards for nothing else but 

 extracted honey. 



Mr. Kil(5^w — They say there are ex- 

 ceptions to all rules; I guess this is 

 one of theiril^ 



Question \ — Are queens always 

 marked the same, as they mark their 

 progeny ? 



Mr. Dadant — Xo. 



President Baxter — I guess the an- 

 swer to that is unanimous — No. 



Question — Which is most profitable 

 for Cenjtral Illinois bee-keepers, out- 

 door or cellar wintering? 



President Baxter — There is a nut 

 to crack. 



Mr. Heinzel — I think that depends 

 altogether on the winter. 



Mr. Stoae — I think, for this part of 

 the state, outdoor is best. 



Mr. Coppin — It depends on circum- 

 stances and, the condition of the bees. 



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