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which are placed within the reach of 

 all asking in good faith, but as soon as 

 they are gone, or enough to pay the 

 printing and expenses, no more will be 

 sent out by me, as I will give it away to 

 be given as premiums. 



I can agree quite well with Messrs. 

 Muth, Hutchinson, Mrs. Atchley and 

 others, in regard to the disease of foul 

 brood, except in regard to its propaga- 

 tion or spreading. I think they mostly 

 claim that honey is the medium through 

 which the disease is spread. Now I have 

 evidence which proves beyond a doubt 

 that bees in robbing afoul-broody colony 

 do not carry the disease to their hives in 

 honey, but I don't wish to be understood 

 as saying that the disease cannot be car- 

 ried in honey, for honey that is ex- 

 tracted from foul-broody combs, where 

 the foul matter is thrown out of the 

 comb into the honey, for such I have 

 never tried, for I always boil and skim 

 it properly before feeding it to the bees. 



In regard to the spreading of the dis- 

 ease, my observations have been such 

 that at times when a foul-broody colony 

 was in my apiary, all hives or colonies 

 that stood near by became affected, and 

 at other times a strip or line in a certain 

 direction from the first affected colony 

 for some distance every colony would 

 become affected, and at other times it 

 would be some other direction, etc., 

 while at another time a diseased colony 

 may stand and become quite rotten, and 

 no bad result to other colonies near by, 

 which goes to show that it depends en- 

 tirely upon what kind of weather we 

 have when the disease is in the apiary, 

 as the odor, which is nothing more than 

 small particles of the substance from 

 which it arises, which is driven out of 

 the hive by the bees fanning at the en- 

 trance. Should the air be heavy, or 

 such that when smoke comes from a 

 chimney it shoots upwards quickly, the 

 disease does not spread as fast as when 

 the air is light so that the smoke from a 

 chimney comes to the ground and moves 

 along the ground slowly, the air carry- 

 ing the deadly odor from hive to hive. 

 Now, dear reader, did it ever occur to 

 you that this is one way in which the 

 disease spreads ? For when the air is 

 lighter, or the same as the particles of 

 disease or odor, it simply moves or floats 

 around, and woe be to the hive or colony 

 that chances to be in its way ! 



Now here, in regard to that disease, I 

 will give some food for thought. Why 

 do not such colonies of bees, that rob 

 foul-broody colonies, always become 

 affected with the disease? I imagine I 

 hear a long list of persons who answers 



" They do ;" while I say, emphatically, 

 they do not ! 



Now, how many have had foul brood 

 among their bees, that had some colo- 

 nies in the swarming season that were 

 badly affected with the disease, yet 

 strong enough to cast a swarm, that 

 swarmed and were hived ? If so, did 

 you watch for the hatching of the first 

 brood? and was it diseased, or did the 

 first brood hatch and appear healthy ? 

 If so, why was it not diseased, for the 

 bees came from a foul-broody hive with 

 their honey-sacs filled with the deadly 

 honey ? 



Now those having my method of curing 

 foul brood, if they will look oyer the 

 foregoing article, and at my method of 

 treatment, ihey will easily see how my 

 method originated with me, and why I 

 recommended some things that others 

 strictly forbid ; also why I say that comb 

 foundation made from foul-broody 

 combs, as made by the leading manu- 

 facturers, is perfectly safe to use, unless 

 it is exposed to the foul or diseased mat- 

 ter, after it leaves the dipping-tank at 

 the factory. 



Taylor Centre, Mich. 



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Tlie Illinois State ConYentlon. 



Reported for the " American Bee Journal " 

 BY JAS. A. STONE. 



The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation met at Springfield on Dec. 12 

 and 13, 1893. The meeting was called 

 to order by Pres. J. M. Hambaugh at 

 11 a.m., and opened with prayer by 

 Eev. A. H. Bates. Welcome address was 

 made by Col. Chas. F. Mills, and re- 

 sponded to by Mr. S. N. Black. 



The President announced at this 

 point that a recess would be taken and 

 membership fees received. The con- 

 vention then adjourned until 1:30 p.m., 

 at which time the meeting was again 

 called to order by Pres. Hambaugh. 



The President's address was first in 

 order, which was attentively listened to 



