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me, which was intended to be a private 

 one ; but inasmuch as my communication 

 is desperately attacked by one of his old 

 school-mates, I venture to quote from it. 

 Mr. McEvoy says : "I read over and 

 over your article in the Ameeican Bee 

 JouKNAL of Nov. 1, 1890. It is a very 

 valuable production, worth thousands to 

 •our bee-men. It is the best letter re- 

 lating to the ccmse of foul-brood that I 

 ever read, and I believe it is the best 

 ever published in any country. When 

 bee-keepers will look well after their 

 bees in the Spring, and carefully attend 

 to the brood in every colony, then foul- 

 brood will be a thing of the past. In my 

 annual official report to the Minister of 

 Agriculture, for 1890, I state that the 

 essay of Mr. C. J. Robinson, of Richford, 

 N. Y., which appeared in the Ameeican 

 Bee Jouenal of Nov. 1, 1890, is the 

 best article on foul-brood that I ever 

 read, and I heartily commend it to the 

 attention of bee-keepers." 



Now, in submitting the issue raised 

 by Mr. Cornell, I do not assume, as he 

 has, to prejudge the case, and beg 

 readers to recognize my verdict as law. 

 I only submit testimony, presuming your 

 readers equally as competent as myself 

 to weigh and determine. 



When, oh, when, will Millerism (Dr. 

 C. C.) become reasonably popular? Well, 

 I "don't know." 



Richford, N. Y. 



Capital Bee-Keepers' ConTention. 



C. E. YOCOM. 



The Capital Bee-Keepers' Association 

 met at Springfield, Ills., Feb. 26, 1891, 

 and was called to order at 10:30 a.m., 

 by President P. J. England. 



The minutes of the last meeting were 

 read and approved, after which the Sec- 

 retary read his report, in which was 

 embodied the fact that the special object 

 of the meeting was to make preliminary 

 arrangements for organizing an Illinois 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The President appointed Thomas G. 

 Newman, J. M. Hambaugh and C. P. 

 Dadant as a special committee to ascer- 

 tain the desirability, etc., of such an 

 organization, and they immediately be- 

 gan to work. 



The report of the committee on Apia- 

 rian Exhibits was called for, but that 

 body was not ready to make a formal 

 report, since its work was not yet com- 

 pleted. 



The President called for experience in 

 reference to bee-escapes. 



The Secretary had tried the Dibbern 

 escape, but about two days were re- 

 quired to cleanse the supers of bees. 

 His experience was, however, somewhat 

 limited ; and this was not the improved 

 escape. 



J. W. Yocom had tried the improved 

 Dibbern escape, with and without an 

 empty super under it, and says that with 

 an empty super under it, it is a success. 

 He arranges them one evening, and takes 

 the filled super off the next morning. 



The special committee returned and 

 announced their readiness to report; but 

 at that moment, Chas. F. Mills, Secre- 

 tary of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 entered the room, and, after being in- 

 troduced by the President, addressed the 

 Convention in reference to organizing a 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association. He ex- 

 plained a movement that is on foot to 

 organize what is to be known as the 

 "Farmers' Club." The proposed plan is 

 for the organizations of the several de- 

 partments or branches of farming, to 

 meet in the same city, and at the same 

 time ; each department to hold its own 

 session during the day, and all meet in a 

 joint session in the evening. Excursion 

 rates may be had, and each department 

 will have an opportunity to explain or 

 discuss the relation it bears to another. 



In reference to the State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, he said : "I hope you will 

 take hold of this work, and we will help 

 you. I am glad to see so many here. 

 When the State Board of Agriculture 

 was organized there were only five pres- 

 ent. Now, look at it ! I hope that you 

 will complete your organization. You 

 should have an appropriation sufficiently 

 large to defray the expenses of a grand 

 exhibit at the World's Fair. If there 

 are any questions that you would like to 

 ask, I will be glad to answer them." 



Mr. Newman — Has there been any 

 arrangements made by the State in re- 

 gard to the World's Fair ? 



Mr. Mills — The general appropriation 

 is $1,000,000. It is a kind of an omni- 

 bus bill — all lumped together. The live- 

 stock men have asked for $50,000 for 

 their exhibit. The dairymen are going 

 to ask for a large appropriation, and I 

 think you can get a very good appropria- 

 tion if you ask it. 



Mr. Hambaugh — How much do you 

 wish to have appropriated ? I do not 

 think we will get as much as we need. I 

 do not think the general appropriation 

 will be $1,000,000. 



Mr. Newman — We should not ask for 

 too much. I think we could not possibly 



