ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS ASSOCIATIO?!r. 



Ill 



time there were a couple of Chicago boys 

 out there. Of course, Chicago boys are 

 very smart "Tioys. They put a stick into 

 the front of the hive and wiggled it around 

 to see what the bees would do. Well, the 

 bees did something (laughter) . 



(A short recess was taken.) 



The President — The meeting will please 

 come to order. We have with us Professor 

 Hine, of the Ohio University. We would 

 be glad to have a few remarks from him, 

 after which we will take up the business 

 affairs, the election of officers, etc. 



'Professor J. S. Hine — Mr. Chairman, 

 Members of the Chicago-Northwestern 

 Bee-keepers Association, I dropped in at 

 this meeting rather unexpectedly, I there- 

 fore didn't prepare any paper at all, but 

 your president asked me to saj^ a few things 

 in regard to conditions in our state, and I 

 didn't like to refuse him. 



We have the same problems, of course, 

 to combat in our state, that you have in 

 this State or any other state where honey 

 production is taken into consideration. 

 We are organized up there in the state of 

 Ohio something like they are in some of the 

 other states, that is, the State Board of 

 Agriculture has an inspector employed. 

 This inspector is both the anthological as 

 well as the apiculture inspector, that is, he 

 has to do with the anthological questions 

 of state so far as they pertain to what you 

 might call police work. He has the police 

 power, if there is any trouble along the line 

 of inspection; if anybody doesn't see fit 

 to do what he ought to do and what 

 neighboring bee-keepers think he should 

 do, they can go to the chief inspector for 

 relief. 



Of course, the University with which I 

 am connected don't have anything to do 

 with the inspection work, any more than 

 in an educational way. Our state does not 

 appropriate a very large amount of money 

 for inspection work, and its inspectors have 

 been able to visit only those apiaries that 

 made application, consequently there is a 

 growing desire on the part of apiarists to 

 have more inspection work done. 



Foul brood has scattered all over the 

 state to quite an extent. Some of our 

 bee-keepers having twenty-five colonies or 

 more, have foul brood in their apiaries, 

 and haven't been very successful in getting 

 rid of it, because they have some neighbors, 

 possibly, who are more or less indifferent. 

 Now that situation, it seems to me must be 

 controlled if those who want relief really 

 get relief. How to do that is. one of the 

 problems which we have before us at the 

 present time. I don't know how much pi 

 a problem it may be in this or in some other 



states, but it is a pretty big problem in 

 our state, and the possibility of accomplish- 

 ing that may be, I take it, brought about 

 in different waj^s. One way is through the 

 inspection service and another is through 

 education, extension work. Now, I do not 

 know just what the bee-keepers may be 

 thinking about extension work, but surely 

 along the line of foul brood it seems to me 

 education may amount to quite a good 

 deal. 



We have had a great many complaints 

 about foul brood all over the state. We 

 have had a great many complaints and a 

 great deal of damage has been done, but I 

 believe that with the matter as it now 

 stands, Ohio is going to be able to ac- 

 ^complish something along this line. We 

 are offering at the State University, besides 

 what you might call Extension Work, 

 some other courses, and we are trj'ing to 

 build up the best course that we can, trying 

 to make it practical. Ohio has a con- 

 siderable number of quite large apple 

 orchards scattered through the state. We 

 find the owners are taking a good deal of 

 interest in bee-keeping at the present 

 time, and some of them if not all of them 

 are making very good bee-keepers. 



The President — Our time is somewhat 

 limited, if we do not have an afternoon 

 session, and we will have to push this 

 along rapidly. I believe the first thing 

 in order will be the election of officers. 

 Who will you have for your president for 

 the coming year? Nominations are in 

 order. 



Mr. Wheeler — I nominate IMr. Miller. 



Mr. Stewart — I second the nomination. 



The President — I would rather you put 

 somebody else in the place. 



Mr. Stewart — It don't make any 

 difference what you want. 



Mr. Kanneberg— ]\Ir. President, under 

 the rules, as there is only one nominee, I 

 make a motion that the Secretary cast a 

 ballot for President for the ensuing year, 

 for Brother Miller. 



Mr. Stewart — (And others) — I second 

 the motion. 



Mr. Kanneberg — The Secretary will put 

 that motion. 



The Secretary — It has been moved and 

 seconded that E. S. Miller be our President 

 for the coming year. All in favor say aye. 

 (The motion was unanimously carried.) 



I cast the ballot for Mr. Miller (great 

 applause). 



(Cries for "speech" were heard.) 



The President — I think I have made so 

 many speeches here that you will be getting 

 tired of them. I certainly appreciate your 



