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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



March 9, 1905. 



Meodleson 4, F.Benton 4, W. H. Lan8 4, O. L. Hershiser 3, F. L. 

 Aften, Chas. Stewart, F. E. Brown, E. T. Abbott, N. L. Stevens 2 each ; 

 M. Korig, J. L. Smith, T. E. Fisk, R. L. Taylor 1 each. 



■3. C. Harris having received a plurality of the votes oast for Presi- 

 dent was elected President. 



C. P. Dadant having received a plurality of the votes cast for Vice- 

 President was elected Vice-President. 



W. Z. Hutchinson having received a plurality of the votes cast for 

 Secretary was elected Secretary. 



N. E. France having received a plurality of the votes cast for Gen- 

 eral Manager was elected lieneral Manager. 



E. Whitcomb, R. L. Taylor, and Udo Toepperwein having received 

 the greatest number of votes for Directors, to succeed those whose 

 «erms exoired, were elected Directors. 



The "result of this ballot should have been declared last December, 

 but owing to the fatal illness of Secretary Brodbeck it has been de- 

 layed. W. F. Marks, 



Chairman Board of Directors Xalioiial Bee-Keepers'^ Association. 



Feb. 33, 1905. 



John A. Martin, of Delta Co., Colo., called on us recently. 

 He has been keeping bees with his father for some years, and the 

 elder Martin has been a reader of the American Bee Journal for many 

 years. They are in an irrigated alfalfa country, and in good seasons 

 their bees turn out considerable honey. 



To Illinois Bee-Keepers. — Secretary Jas. A. Stone, of the 

 Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association, sends us the following as another 

 part of the Bill published on page 116 (it having been divided), re- 

 questing us to publish it, and at the same time desires us to urge every 

 bee-keeper in this State to write his senator and representatives now 

 in Springfield, 111., to be sure to support and vote for the bee-keepers' 



Bills : 



A BILL. 



For an Act providing for the appointment of a State Inspector of 

 Apiaries, and prescribing his powers and duties. 



Sec. 1.— Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 

 isented in the General Assembly : That the Governor, by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a State Inspector of 

 Apiaries, who shall hold his office for the term of two years and until 

 his successor is appointed and qualified. 



Sec. 3.— Said Inspector shall, when notified of the existence of 

 the disease known as foul brood among apiaries, examine all such as 

 are so reported, and all others in the same locality, and ascertain 

 whether or not such disease exists, and if satisfied of its existence, 

 shall give the owner or the person who has the care of such apiaries 

 full instructions as to the manner of treating them. In case the owner 

 of a diseased apiary shall refuse to treat his bees, or allow them to be 

 treated as directed by the said Inspector, then the said Inspector may 

 t)urn all the colonies and all the comb necessary to prevent the spread 

 ■of the disease, provided said Inspector shall, before burning, give one 

 ■day's notice to the owner or other person who has the care of the colo- 

 ■nies of bees and comb, that in his judgment should be burned. 



Sec. 3.— The Inspector shall, on or liefore the second Monday of 

 December in each calendar year, make a report to the Governor and 

 also to the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, stating the number 

 of apiaries visited, the number of those diseased and treated, the num- 

 ber of colonies of bees destroyed, and of the expenses incurred in the 

 performance of his duty. 



Sec. 4. — Any owner of a diseased apiary, or appliances taken 

 therefrom, who shall sell, barter, or give away any such apiary, appli- 

 ance, or bees from such apiary, expose other bees to the danger of 

 contracting such disease, or refuse to allow the Inspector of Apiaries 

 to inspect such apiary, or appliances, shall be fined not less than fifty 

 ■dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. 



To Missouri Bee-Keepers.— Again the attention of the bee- 

 "keepers of Missouri is called to a matter which vitally affects their in- 

 terests. Read what Mr. R. Holekamp, of St. Louis County, says in the 

 •following communication : 



Dear Mr. York:— I returned last week from Jefferson City, 

 \fhere I appeared before the Committee of Agriculture of our Senate, 

 to which our Apiary Bill had been referred. The committee reported 

 the Bill favorably ; it was engrossed the next day, and I expect it to 

 pass the Senate and go to the House before the end of this week. 



I intend to go to Jefferson City again, when the Bill is refeired to 

 the House Committee of Agriculture, and appear before that Commit- 



Our Apiary Bill makes apiculture part of the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment of our State (Missouri State Board of Agriculture), which is of 

 Sm^mense advantage to our industry. Our Stale Board of Agriculture 

 iissues a bulletin about every one or two months, which is mailed for a 

 jear to any person asking tor it, free of any expense. After the year 

 has expired an inquiry comes, whether the bulletins are still desired, 

 *nd it the answer is in the afUrmative, the bulletins come again for 

 a year, and so on. At the end of the year all bulletins are bound in 

 one volume, together with the report of the Secretary, and are dis- 

 tributed free of charge. ,,^ ., ,j . ,, 



In these bulletins a tew pages could be devoted to apiculture, or 

 special bulletins in apiculture he issued and distributed. These bulle- 

 tins reach bee-keepers who never read a bee-paper. In this way the 

 attention of the farmer bee-keeper can be called to the diseases of 

 bees: he can be made familiar with the symptoms of the diseases, and 



can be taught to treat them ; he can be requested through these bulle- 

 tins to report to the Board of Agriculture, or the Apiary Inspector, the 

 appearance of foul brood or other diseases in his own or neighbors' 

 apiaries. In this manner the Apiary Inspector can be kept informed 

 where inspection and treatment is needed, and it will be possible to 

 eradicate foul brood and other diseases of bees from Missouri. 



The expense to the State in devoting part of the bulletins of the 

 State Board of Agriculture to apiculture would be small, as these bul- 

 letins are mailed out as newspaper matter. 



I have ascertained through circulars sent out by me, that foul 

 brood exists in different parts of this State; it is in the east, in the 

 west, in the north, in the south, and if bee-keepers are made familiar 

 with the symptoms of the disease, it will be found that a good deal of 

 the so-called " bad luck " of the farmer bee-keeper is caused by foul 

 brood. 



Now, bee-keepers of Missouri, those of you who have not already 

 done so, I ask to write to the representative of your county when you 

 read this ; tell him to support the Apiary Bill ; tell him we need it to 

 keep our honey industry from ruin. 



Our Legislature will be in session only a few weeks longer, there- 

 fore don't delay writing, but sit down right now and urge your repre- 

 sentative to help push this Bill through. If these letters are showered 

 on our representatives from all parts of Missouri, our Apiary Bill will 

 become a law at this session of our Legislature. 



Below will be found a copy of the Senate Bill, No. 268, as en- 

 grossed Feb. 21. RoBT. A. Holekamp, 



Assista7it Secretary Missouri State Bee-Keepers'' Association. 



AN ACT. 

 To provide for the appointment of a State Inspector of Apiaries, and 

 to regulate the duties thereof, providing a penalty for disposing 

 of diseased honey or bees, with an emergency clause. 



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri as follows : 



Sec. 1. — The State Board of Agriculture of the State of Missouri 

 shall appoint a State Inspector of Apiaries to aid and assist in the 

 development and protection of the honey industry in the Stale of 

 Missouri, and especially for the eradication and control of infectious 

 diseases known as foul brood, black brood, and bee-paralysis, some of 

 which are known to exist at the present time among some of the api- 

 aries of the State. Said Inspector of Apiaries shall be a practical api- 

 arist, and shall give to the State Board of Agriculture, before his 

 appointment, satisfactory evidence of his practical knowledge of 

 handling bees, and of their diseases, and shall hold his office for the 

 term of two years unless removed for cause. 



Sec. 2. — Said Inspector shall, upon satisfactory evidence of the 

 existence of the disease known as foul brood, or other infectious dis- 

 eases among apiaries, examine such infected apiaries and all others in 

 the same locality, and if satisfied of the existence of foul brood, or 

 any other infectious disease, shall give to the owner or person having 

 charge of any such apiary full instructions as to the manner of treat- 

 ing them. Within a reasonable time after making the first examina- 

 tion, the Inspector shall make a second examination, and if the condi- 

 tions of any of the colonies affected are such as in his judgment render 

 it necessary he may personally treat the disease, or, if in his opinion 

 it is necessary to prevent further spread of the disease, and the owner 

 refuses to treat them according to the instructions of said Inspector, 

 then the Inspector may burn or otherwise destroy diseased comt) or 

 other material that might cause the spread of the infection. 



Sec. 3. — The Inspector shall make a full report to the Secretary of 

 the Board of Agriculture at least once each year, stating the number 

 of apiaries inspected, the number found to be diseased, and the num- 

 ber treated, and such other information as he may deem important. 

 The Secretary of the Board of Agriculture shall publish in his Annual 

 Report, or otherwise, such of the information as he deems of impor- 

 tance to the apiarists of the State. 



Sec. 4. — Said Inspector shall receive four dollars for each day 

 actually and necessarily spent in the performance of his duties, and 

 shall be reimbursed for the money expended by him in defraying 

 necessary traveling expenses : Provided, the total expenditure for 

 such purposes shall not exceed one thousand dollars in any one year : 

 Provided, further, that the said Inspector shall render to the Board of 

 Agriculture an itemized account of his per diem and expenses, and 

 upon approval of the same by the Executive Committee of the Board 

 of Agriculture, the President and Secretary of the Board are author- 

 ized to draw a warrant upon any available funds for the amounts 

 allowed. 



Sec. 5. — Any owner of a diseased apiary, or any other person who 

 shall knowingly sell, barter, or give away any colony of bees, honey or 

 other article infected with disease, or expose other bees to the danger 

 of contracting such disease, or refuse to allow the Apiary Inspector 

 to inspect or treat such apiary, honey or other articles so infected 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than five 

 nor more than twenty-five dollars. 



Sec. 6. — It being necessary to treat the diseases herein provided 

 for in the early spring, in order that satisfactory results may be ob- 

 tained, creates an emergency within the meaning of the constitution, 

 and this Act shall go into force and effect upon its passage and ap- 

 proval. 



Notice to National Members. — TVe have received the fol- 

 lowing from General Manager France, of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association : 



Platteville, Wis., Feb. 6, 1905. 



FINANCIAL AID. 



Dr. Miller's motion, passed by vote of Directors: " That in case 

 of litigation hereafter the financial aid extended by the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association shall not exceed the sum of one-half the expense 





