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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 25, 1904. 



these two cases alike? I say no. I burn up the colonies, bees, 

 hives and combs, slick and clean, and so far I have succeeded 

 without recourse to the law. 



Unpleasant business? Well, you try it for awhile, and if 

 you do your duty, and "get rid of foiil brood," you will find 

 fully as many thorns as roses. 



The professional bee-keepers give no trouble. They give 

 every possible help and assistance. They look upon the in- 

 soector as a friend. He is the man who can compel an obsti- 

 nate neighbor to "clean up" — something that they can't always 

 succeed in doing. 



As I said at the outset, ignorance is the one great ob- 

 stacle. Mr. France has gotten out bulletins that have been 

 scattered far and wide, and I suppose thev have been a great 

 aid in his work. I wrote an article describing the disease, 

 giving methods of treatment, together with the law on the sub- 

 ject, accompanied by an engraving showing a comb of brood, 

 badly diseased, and this was published in one of the monthly 

 lulletins of the Dairy and Food Commission, and he had pub- 

 lished 2,500 extra copies. I furnished him a list of 2,000 bee- 

 keepers in Michigan, and he sent out copies of the bulletin to 

 this list. He gave me 300 or 400 to use in my travels. When 

 a bee-keeper complains of foul brood in his vicinity I send 

 him a dozen of the bulletins to scatter in his vicinity. By the 

 time I get around to visit him the bulletins have done more 

 than half of the zvork. 



Every inspector should have some literature of this kind 

 at his disposal, and bee-keepers should take it upon themselves 

 to see that it gets into the hands of their neighbors. 



Perhaps some good might be done by writing short arti- 

 cles on the subject and having them published in farm papers, 

 and in the general newspapers. 



W, Z. Hutchinson, 



Mr, York — Are there any questions you would like to 

 ask Mr, Hutchinson? We had this pretty thoroughly dis- 

 cussed yesterday, 



Mr. Abbott — I want to make a motion along that line, 

 that just occurs to me, Mr, Hutchinson suggests sending 

 out these bulletins. It is a thing the National ought to take 

 un. and it seems that right now we might start the influence 

 that would do some work, and I don't see why the National 

 Association wouldn't give us a bulletin. I move that we re- 

 quest the Governor to request the Secretary of Agriculture 

 to issue a bulletin to be distributed with farmers' bulletins, 

 as others are, 



Mr, Moore — I wish to amend this motion materially and 

 see if Mr, Abbott will accept it. I move that our convention 

 do request the National Association to formally ask the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture to take this matter up with them with 

 a view of publishing a bulletin such as is mentioned, on foul 

 brood, 



Mr, York— Will they be understood to work through 

 the National? 



Dr, Miller — It looks to me this way, if we do that, wait 

 for the action of the National, we don't gain anything. Any- 

 thing we do here would do nothing more than to get the 

 National to act. If two men ask me a thing that will have 

 more efifect upon me than if one does it, and if the Governor 

 is asked by this society to do a thing, even if they say no and 

 somebody else asks it, I think we will do more by making it a 

 direct request, and then let the National make the request af- 

 terwards. 



Mr. Abbott — I had that in view, and I should like to see 

 this motion on its way to Washington tomorrow. I am a 

 fellow who does a thing when I think of it. and while I am 

 m the notion. That was my reason for making it direct, 

 I thought first of requesting Mr, Wilson to do it. He will 

 do it without any request, and he will second it without a 

 request, but we better make the initiative and let Secretary 

 Wilson know we mean business, and I know him well enough 

 to know that you will get a response at once, and Wilson 

 will refer it to Benton. Secretarv Wilson is the head, and he 

 will attend to it. 



Mr, Wilcox— Mr, Abbott put in what I was going to say, 

 and that is, that Mr, Benton is the man to publish the bulletin, 

 and he is well acquainted with the National Association, and 

 a personal request from them would probably produce the 

 result without any further action, 



Mr. Abbott — My motion is to have it go to the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture. It will go to Mr, Howard and then to 

 Mr, Benton, but if Mr. Wilson says it has got to go, it goes. 

 If you go to the other end, you commence at the wrong end. 



Dr, Miller— I believe we will gain time if the mover of 



the amendment will think of it right. What do we gain bv 

 using our influence second-hand. 



Mr, Moore — I withdraw the amendment, 



Mr, York — Mr, .\bbott, will you please state the motion 

 as it is now? 



Mr, Abbott— I move that the Chicago-Northwestern Bee- 

 Keepers' Association request the Secretary of Agriculture to 

 issue a bulletin on foul brood and other bee-diseases as a 

 farmers' bulletin, to be distributed with other farmers' bulle- 

 tins, and that the secretary be requested, in forwarding the 

 motion to the Secretary of Agriculture, to give him such 

 statements as to the importance of a bulletin of this kind 

 as he may deem necessary. 



The motion was carried unanimously. 



Mr. York — It might be well for individual members to 

 write the Secretary of Agriculture after it goes in. 



Mr, Abbott — I move you that this body ask the General 

 Manager of the National Association to second the effort 

 we are making, to secure a farmers' bulletin on foul brood 

 throueh Secretary Wilson, 



Mr. France — The subject was brought up at the Los 

 Angeles convention and if we hadn't gotten into some other 

 conflicts, there would have been a motion made on behalf of 

 the California convention, I had a talk with Mr, Benton and 

 he said, "You bring up your local associations and the more 

 that come the better." It bears its weight, I expect to be 

 down in New York in January, and they are going to have 

 their individual request for a bulletin, and I think it is not 

 far distant before it will be distributed, 



Mr, Smith — As I am chairman of the official board of 

 the State Bee-Keepers' Association, I will also have our 

 Association make the request. 



Mr. Muth — We have in Hamilton County, Ohio, a bee- 

 keepers' association, and I have the honor of being on the 

 executive committee, I am glad I am here. 



Mr. York — So are we. 



Mr. Muth — We will have that in writing and forward 

 it to Mr. Wilson, We will do that. 



Mr, Abbott — I will see that the Missouri Association 

 sends in one, 



Mr. York — We have the Secretary of the Northern Illi- 

 nois Association here, 



J. W, Johnson — I fully decided in my mind that as quick 

 as I get home I will write the Secretary of Agriculture and 

 request him as we have spoken here. 



The motion was put and carried unanimously. 



Pres, York — Now, before we go on we will take up the 

 matter of joining the National in a bodv. We have to do this 

 annually in order to have half of the dues we pay here go to 

 the National. What will you do about it? 



Dr, Miller — I move that we renew our action in the 

 matter and join the National in a body. 



The motion was seconded and carried. 



FORMING LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS. 



"Should bee-keepers form local organizations? If so, 

 why? And how?" 



Pres. York — I suppose that means in certain districts of 

 the State or county. We have one here in northern Illinois. 

 That would be considered a local association. They have one 

 in Cincinnati, 



Mr, Abbott — In answer to that I would say that every 

 kind of people in every kind of industry on earth should be 

 alive with each other and in fraternal help, to help themselves 

 and attempt to help everybody else, and that's one of the best 

 reasons for forming these organizations that I know of. I 

 should say yes. As to what they shall do, that's a matter of 

 discussion for each local organization. Everybody sees how 

 the matter is. Secretary Wilson will pay more attention to 

 a dozen letters which he is sure to get in regard to this talk, 

 and every State and every county can do the same thing. 

 It isn't for the interest of the bee-keepers just here in Chi- 

 cago that it will work. It will work for every bee-keeper, 

 even those who never belonged to any association. Let it 

 go out that there is an advantage in union if it is only five 

 people. Take a church of five women and they meet together 

 every week and have a real, real good time, and promote 

 wonderful good in a community, and it is the same way in 

 other industries, and it always helps. It helps me to just 

 leave my store and go over and talk to John Smith who is in 

 the same business. I pretty nearly came all the way from St. 

 Joseph, Mo,, to see Mr. York because he is interested along 

 certain lines ; simply to get inspiration, suggestions, and help. 

 That lifts me up. That's my idea. 



