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fore sug-gested. As it has been already- 

 stated, if it is done in connection with 

 another office that is already estab- 

 lished, i think the work could be done 

 more cheaply and more effectively. 

 The traveling expenses would be less, 

 and there are other points in its favor. 

 Dr. Phillips has already suggested 

 the main points of advantage. It im- 

 presses me very favorably. 



I do not know just what the Bill is, 

 but if it has worked well in New York, 

 in Indiana and in Ohio and other 

 States, I think our legislature would be 

 impressed with these facts, more so 

 than if we put in a new bill from the 

 Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association. Our 

 legislature would be more favorably 

 impressed with a Bill of the kind that 

 has been suggested here this morning, 

 and we would get just as good results. 

 Anything to get good results! To be 

 able to suppress foul brood is what we 

 are after, and I think the way that Dr. 

 Phillips has suggested is the quickest 

 and the best way. 



Dr. Bohrer — 'In the meantime, don't 

 forget that a legislative committee is 

 an important thing to have. Our 

 legislative assemblies are always ready 

 to give anything to an industry they 

 are satisfied the people stand in need 

 of and demand, and you have to put it 

 plainly before them, and if some one 

 goes around to lead them astray, your 

 legislative committee ought to be on 

 hand to head those people off. 



Bee-keeping is so extensive an in- 

 dustry throughout Illinois — and I see 

 by the maps presented here by Mr. 

 Kildow that the districts are so infect- 

 ed in this State with foul brood — you 

 have no small question to deal with 

 here. It involves millions of dollars in 

 the State of Illinois alone. I regard 

 legislation in this State as being more 

 important on this subject than almost 

 any other State in the Union, 



Just at this time there are many bee- 

 keepers who are selling their farms 

 and moving West, and spreading the 

 infection from State to State. They 

 oftentimes do not know that they are 

 doing this, because they do not know 

 that their bees have foul brood; yet 

 they have it. It came into Kansas in 

 just that way. I was credibly In- 

 formed that a man who sold bees in 

 Rice county had brought the Infection 

 from another State. 



It Is hazardous for you bee-keepers 



here in Illinois to invest extensively in 

 bee-keeping with your present sur- 

 roundings. It will pay you to put 

 much force and energy into the sup- 

 pressing of this menace to your bees. 

 No one will throw his hat higher in 

 the air than will I, when you have 

 gotten the Bill through. 



I have no bees for sale. I am not 

 in the bee-business to make much 

 money out of it, but for pastime. If 

 my neighbors get into any kind of 

 trouble they are sure to call on me. 

 They don't only ask me one question 

 but they ask me hundreds. I have a 

 lot of work to do for nothing, 



Mr. Diebold — That is what the bee 

 does — works for ^othing and clothes 

 itself. 



Mr. York — ^I was going to make a 

 motion that we elect a legislative com- 

 mittee of three to take up this matter 

 with Prof. Forbes, It seems to me it 

 would be better to confer with him, 

 and see what is necessary to be done 

 to get through the kind of a Bill we 

 want, or how to amend the Bill we 

 have at present under which his office 

 is working. 



If that would be a good thing, I 

 would like to make a motion to select , 

 a committee to take this matter up ■ 

 with him; he will know more about it, , 

 and tell us what to do in order to get 

 the extra appropriation, or get the 

 right kind of amendment. 



If Mr. Forbes always gets what he 

 goes after, he is the man we Avant to 

 tie up to; and if we can be more sue- • 

 cessful, working with him, that is the 

 thing to do. 



If all right, I move that a committed 

 of three, called a Legislative Com- , 

 mittee, be elected to take up this mat- 

 ter with Prof. Forbes and work in : 

 connection with him during the coming 

 winter, and put this matter through 

 the legislature. 



Motion seconded. 



Pres. Bowen — >I would like to ask the ! 

 question, if the Executive Committee ' 

 isi not the legislative committee. , 



Mr. Stone — ^The Executive Com- ' 

 mittee are the Legislative Committee 

 so far as the business of this Associa- 1 

 tion is concerned, and when they are ; 

 made the Legislative (Committee it is • 

 by the vote of this meeting. ; 



Pres. Bowen — ^A motion has been ; 

 made that a legislative committee of ; 

 3 be appointed to confer with Prof. | 

 Forbes in regard to this matter of r 



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