June, 1911. 



American ^ae Journal 



Finally an Illinois Foul Brood Law. — 



■\Ve have received the following from 

 Secretary Jas. A. Stone, which will 

 certainly be read with great interest by 

 every bee-keeper in Illinois, and pos- 

 sibly by all our other readers as well : 



Rt. 4. Springfield. III.. May 25. iQii. 

 Editor American Bee Journal— 



Our enemies of the foul brood law have 

 not only been defeated, but have been the 

 cause of double defeat to themselves, and a 

 great lielD in securing to us a better law 

 than the one for which we first asked. 



They made their threats that if the in- 

 spector destroyed their bees they would 

 make him pay for them. A\m' we have a 

 law that declares foul-broody bees a nui- 

 sance, and therefore have no property value: 

 and if they want to collect on worthless 

 property, they will have a good time, and 

 end in defeat. 



Our Koul Brood Bill was passed .■\pril 28, 

 I'.ii. as we first asked for it, but the Gover- 

 nor refused to sign it because of several un- 

 constitutional points found by the .Attorney 

 General, such as paying a State officer (in- 

 spector appointed by the Governor out of a 

 fund given to a private corporation, etc ) So 

 the Governor called our committee to meet 

 with the chairmen of the Appropriations 

 Committees of both Houses, and asked them 

 to get the Bill through, that the .Attorney 

 General had drafted at a conference meet- 

 ing with our committee on Monday, May 8. 

 ioii. Within 15 minutes after the Governor 

 placed our Bill in Mr. Shanahan's posses- 

 sion, it was offered in the House, and placed 

 on 2d reading May 8th. An evidence of the 

 influence of our kickers being entirely lost 

 sight of. was the fact that Mr Shanahan, 

 chairman of the Appropriations Committee, 

 offered the Bill in ihe House (No. 670,. and 

 with the help of others pushed it through; 

 and then Senator Hurburg. Chairman of the 

 Appropriations Committee in the Senate, 

 with others' help, pushed it through the 

 Senate. All was done in the last two weeks 

 of the session. 



Our Appropriation Bill had passed the 

 House, and was on the 3d reading in the 

 Senate, at S2S00. when the Foul Brood Bill 

 went to the Governor. It was then amended 

 to $1000 for the State Association, and S1500 

 placed in the Omnibus Bill for the salary of 

 a foul brood inspector and deputies, and 

 they so passed. 



The bee-keepersof the Stateof Illinois are 

 especially indebted to Gov. Chas. S. Deneen 

 for his determination that we should have a 

 good law. and to Assistant Attorney General 

 Woodard for the interest he took in the 

 same: then to Hon. Shanahan and Hon, Hur- 

 burg. assisted especially by Representatives 

 Kerrick. Pervier, Ireland, and Chiperfield 

 in the House, and to Senators Lish. Funk, 

 Hearn, and others. In fact, after our com- 

 mittee had met the several committees of 

 both Houses, and our bee-keeper friends 

 had poured in their letters to all the mem- 

 bers of the House and .Senate (so far as we 

 conferred with them), we failed to find any 

 opposition to our bills. All seemed to be 

 our friends and helpers. 



Finally, to the bee-keepers; You have 

 worked manfully and faithfully with your 

 committees, and stood by us until we are 

 ready to lay off our armor, having earned the 

 right to boast if old King Ahab of Israel 

 knew— I Kings 20 11 : "Let not him that 

 girdeth on his armor boast himself as he 

 that taketh it off." 



Now let the fellows who caused us to wear 

 the armor for six long years four terms of 

 the Legislature . themselves put it on, and 

 see how it feels. It will be heavier to them 

 than it was to us. for we were in the rit;kt, 

 while they are in the wrong, and none will 

 show them any sympathy. 



The Foul Brood Bill passed the Senate 

 with but one dissenting voice, while the 

 House voted 131 "for" to none against. 



jAS. A, Stone. 

 Sec. Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The foregoing is simply a magnifi- 

 cent report of work well done. And 

 to Messrs. Jas. A. Stone, C. P. Dadant, 

 E. J. Baxter, Chas. Becker, A. L. Kil- 

 dow, J. E. Pyle.?, and a few other bee- 

 keepers, is due the honor of success, 

 and the appreciation of all the bee- 

 keepers of Illinois. 



VVe regret that Mr. Stone's report 

 could not have come earlier, so that 

 we could have included in this June 



number some further comments, etc., 

 that we wanted to use in connection 

 with it. But what we have will keep 

 until later. What is needed now is the 

 heartiest and fullest co-operation of 

 every bee-keeper in Illinois to aid the 

 inspectors to clean up foul brood as 

 rapidly as possible, before the disease 

 "cleans out" bee-keeping in this State. 



New Jersey Summer Bee-Meeting 



The New Jersey State Bee-Keepers' .Asso- 

 ciation will hold their summer meeting 

 Wednesday. June 28. loii, at Mr. W. D. Rob- 

 insons apiary, at Spring Lake, Monmouth 

 Co.. N. J. The full program and arrange- 

 ments are not completed yet. but it is 

 planned to make the meeting especially in- 

 teresting and instructive along the line of 

 bee-diseases and ttjeir treatment. Other 

 topics of interest will, of course, be pre- 

 sented. The State inspector of apiaries 

 Dr. John B. Smith, will be present and ex- 

 plain the recently enacted foul-brood law, 

 plans of inspection, etc. It is also expected 

 that the assistant inspector will have been 

 secured by that time, and will be present. 



It is desired that there be a goodly attend- 

 ance, for the best success in carrying out 

 the provisions of the recently enacted foul- 

 brood law, and eradicating bee-diseases 

 from the State depends upon the co-opera- 

 tion of the best bee-keepers of the State. 



Spring Lake is easily accessible from most 

 parts of the State. It can be reached from 

 points on the C. R. R. of N, J.; the P. R. R. ; 

 the N. \. & Long Branch R. R. It is near the 

 large summer resorts of Long Branch. As- 

 bury Park. Ocean Grove, Sea Girt, etc. 



All New Jersey bee-keepers, and bee- 

 keepers in surrounding territory, are invited 

 to attend. Bee-keepers and manufacturers 

 are invited to bring for exhibition purposes, 

 bees in observation hives, or anything along 

 the apiarian line. A full program will be 

 mailed for the asking. 



Pittstown. N. J. Albert G. Hann. Sec. 



Program for the National.— Your secretary 

 believes that the average producer keeps 

 his nose so close to the grindstone of pro- 

 duction that he doesn't have time to learn 

 the best selling system, and for that reason 

 isn't getting all out of his product that he 

 should. Believing this. I am anxious that 

 the Minneapolis Convention Aug. 30 and 31^ 

 go on record as the best one ever held with 

 reference to real business methods being 

 discussed. In addition to this selling ques- 

 tion, there is the all-important one of new 

 laws for the National, and this should be of 

 interest to every member. 

 ■ I want every member to read carefully the 

 following proposed program. Think it over, 

 and tiien tell me by return mail what sub- 

 jects you would like to cut out. and what 

 ones added. Also be sure and tell me whom 

 you would like to handle the different sub- 

 jects. You see, I am going to ask r,'?/ to help 

 me to get up the program. I want to get 

 something the members want, and I offer 

 the one given below simply as a starter; 



1. President's Address. 



2. General Manager's Report. 



3. Secretary's Report. 



4. How can a National campaign be con- 

 ducted against foul brood ? 



5. How to get State foul brood laws. 



6. Shall the National be one separate as- 

 sociation or an aggregation of smaller ones ? 



7. Is a National advertising campaign for 

 selling honey practical ? 



8. A National campaign for developing 

 markets and selling the honey crop. 



1. The new Constitution and By-Laws. 



10. Developing the home market. 



11. A mail-order honey-trade— how con- 

 ducted ? 



12. (i)uestion-box. 



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