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ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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is worth a thousand dollars to my one 

 didn't pay as much taxes as I did. 

 They have everything, but somehow or 

 other it is covered up. 



We want them to assess our bees; if 

 they don't do it we ought not to have 

 to stand over them with a shot-gun 

 and, make them do it. 



My bees have been assessed as long 

 as I can remember. 



Now they come to assess my bees 

 not only once but twice; personal 

 property should be assessed where one 

 resides. 



'" My apiaries out in the country, out- 

 side of my township, are assessed and 

 the other township wants to assess 

 them too. 



Mr. Diebold — Is not poultry assessed 

 in the state of Illinois? 



President Baxter — Poultry is as- 

 sessed down our way in all townships 

 throughout the country. 



Doctor Baxter — Men yho ; produce 

 fancy poultry for breeding purposes 

 are assessed in this county, but ordi- 

 nary chickens and the like are not 

 assessed here. 



Question: What per cent of Euro- 

 pean foul brood is found after the 

 white clover harvest in comtjarison 

 with the earlier seascrn? 



President Baxter — Mr. Kildow can 

 answer that.* 



Mr. Kildow — I would like to hear 

 from Doctor Phillips. 



Doctor Phillips — All I can say is, 

 most of the samples wef get come in 

 the month of June; it drops off very 

 rapidly after that. We have had 

 samples of European foul brood every 

 month of the year. 



President Baxter — Most of it comes 

 before or just during the clover bloom. 



Mr. Kildow — I can give you what we 

 find. 



We find a little the fore part of the 

 season but not enough more to make 

 much difference. 



I found this last year: from the fir'=''- 

 until the last of the season, or to July 

 first, we found 57 apiaries of Ameri- 

 can foul brood and we found 72 of 

 European; that was from April, when 

 we first commenced, to July first. 



From July first to the end of the 

 season we found 61 apiaries of Ameri- 

 can and 34 of European. 



From July down we found 61 of 

 American and 34 of European. 



Doctor Phillips — You found less than 

 half as much the latter part as the 

 first? 



Mr. Diebold — When I examined my 

 bees during fruit yield blossom I found 

 very little foul brood, and in June I 

 found lots of it in the same apiary. 



Mr. Kildow — You might get your af- 

 fection in May and it did not show 

 up until June. 



Mr. Pyles — In the figures Mr. Kildow 

 gives, he takes into consideration the 

 early part of the season; I did most of 

 my inspection before the first of July, 

 and it was all in European districts. 

 All my work was done practically in 

 European fo.ul brood districts; the. 

 after part of the season goes into 

 American foul brood districts nearly 

 entirely. That must be taken into con- 

 sideration when we take up these fig- 

 ures. 



The fore part of the season my work 

 was done in the eastern part of the 

 state. My work was done in the dis- 

 trict where we find almost entirelj' 

 European foul brood. 



I feel very sure if I had been going 

 after that same territory in the after 

 part of the season I would have found 

 none. 



Five years ago when Doctor Phillips 

 and I were over in the state he said to 

 me: "One thing I cannot understand, 

 Mr. Smith never found one case of 

 European foul brood while he was In-^. 

 spector and you and Mr. Kildow have 

 been finding it right along." 



We found it in the east part of the 

 state. We found all of it (all but one 

 apiary) after the 12th day of July. 

 Doctor Phillips does not get any of 

 ■ ~mir figures any more. We used to 

 send a sample; when we would write 

 to him and enclose under separate 

 cover sample of European foul brood, 

 Doctor Phillips would write back and 

 say: "We find your diagnosis correct." 

 Sometimes it is so plain it is not nec- 

 essary to send it to the Department at 

 Washington to exam.ine this matter. 



Another thing: The fore part of 

 the season, when you are providing 

 for the white clover crop of honey, if 

 the people are trying to do anything, 

 they are trying to get their bees into 

 condition to father a crop of honey, 

 and, if anything is wrong, they are apt 

 to look at it and take a sample, but 

 if they get honey they don't care about 

 their bees and are not going through 

 the hives to examine the inside of 



