ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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I have never had a trace of foul 

 brood. 



I never had American foul brood 

 here in this part of the state. 



I was going- to say, I honestly be- 

 lieve it is in the pollen. The pollen 

 from alsike clover. 



During this time when I had this 

 foul brood, there was a 40-acre field 

 ef alsike, but the next year I plowed 

 it under, and have no more alsike 

 clover. I think there is some kind 

 of intoxication in alsike clover that 

 makes them dull. 



If you take the pollen away you will 

 see an agreeable change in the bees 

 that are hatched afterwards. 



President Baxter — Are there any 

 school teachers present or members 

 of school boards? Please hold up 

 your hands if there are. 



One — Mr. E. T. Laurie of Jackson- 

 ville. 



President Baxter — I have appointed 

 Mr. Bovven as Chairman of this com- 

 mittee. 



Mr. Bowen — Please excuse me. 



Mr. Laurie — I would not be able to 

 get away from home. 



Mr. Bowen — I think, however, I 

 shall use my efforts to get it into the 

 schools in our own vicinity without 

 being appointed on the committee. 



President Baxter — I will appoint Mr. 

 King on this committee; Mr. Hawkins 

 and Doctor Baxter. 



Mr. Kildow — Our neighbor spoke of 

 pollen from alsike clover as being a 

 cause of European foul brood. I want 

 to get that out of the mind of any 

 one. That being the case all of our 

 northern bee-keepers and southern 

 "Wisconsin would have been wiped out 

 of existence if that had been the 

 cause, because they rely almost en- 

 tirely on alsike clover. 



President Baxter — We will adjourn 

 sine die. 



At 11:30 a. m. the Convention ad- 

 journed to meet at the call of the 

 Executive Committee; but before sep- 

 arating the most of the members went 

 to the front of the Lincoln Library 

 where the artist was in waiting to 

 take a picture of the group. 



The Association throughout their 

 meetings spoke in high commendation 

 of the Commercial Association, for the 

 kindness shown in the way of such 

 hospitable entertainment as we had 

 given to us. 



Resolutions of thanks were in the 

 minds of all, and when the adjourn- 

 ment for dinner was moved, and about 

 to pass, a substitute was moved and 

 passed to adjourn sine die. 



