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TENTH ANNUALi REPORT OF THE 



diately before them, with no big broad 

 and definite plan. 



This year the pian here has been to 

 find out how serious a situation there 

 is that confronts us, so that the in- 

 spectors of the future and the State 

 Association would really un^derstand 

 what is to be done. 



These maps show a deplorable condi- 

 tion; they show a deplorable state of 

 affairs in Illinois. 



There is no IState in the United 

 States that has as many affected col- 

 onies as Illinois, as far as our rec- 

 ords go, and I think that all these 

 facts will be a great help to the Leg- 

 islative committee in- going before the 

 Legislature. 



Another big feature, when Mr. Kil- 

 dow, next year, starts in, he will know 

 better than he has ever known be- 

 fore where to go, and that emphasizes 

 still more the desirability of keeping 

 an accurate reord. 



Mr. Kildow — I had nothing to go by 

 last spring, only what I got from Dr. 

 Phillips, and in writing to different 

 parts of the State. I did not go to 

 those places where they said they 

 didn't think there was anything there, 

 because I knew there were many 

 other places to go that did need our 

 attention. 



Mr. Becker — I want to show you the 

 difficulty we meet sometimes. Mr. Kil- 

 dow reported to me that there was 

 foul brood in one county. Now, who 

 are the bee-keepers in Menard 

 county? I found that there was a 

 man that had bees in Petersburg. I 

 got on the train and went to Peters- 

 burg. I found a man by the name of 

 Walker who wanted to sell his bees; 

 the city of Petersburg had passed a 

 law that he must keep his bees only 

 60 feet away from the street. I talked 

 with him and inquired about bee- 

 keepers, and found where I could go. 

 I went to those he told me of, and 

 looked over their bees, but found no 

 foul brood there. FinaJly I found one 

 man that had some in the country. 

 Well, I would have to hire a horse and 

 buggy to go out there, and hunt them 

 up, to see if there was anything down 

 there — so a Mr. Smedley, a retired 

 farmer, has a runabout, but it was out 

 of repairs, and he says, "If you go back 

 home, when I get my repairs made I 

 will take you over there." At first I 

 coTild find but one person who had bees. 



and finally I got a man to take me 

 out there in an automobile (these men 

 that had the automobile had bees, but 

 there was nothing there, everything 

 was clean). We inspected bees on 

 five different places. Then I went back 

 and found there was nothing there, and 

 then to Petersburg and from Peters- 

 burg to Rockford. We found there Eu- 

 ropean foul brood, but not to any great 

 extent. 



That is the difficulty you have to en- 

 counter; you have to run all over to 

 find out where the bee-keepers are. 



(Pres. Bowen in chair.) 



'Mr. IMoore — ^The report of the foul 

 brood inspector is before the house. I 

 move that the report be accepted. I 

 would like to make a suggestion that 

 we incorporate in that report the num- 

 ber of days' inspection work done, the 

 expense, and a list of the counties in 

 which American foul brood and Eu- 

 ropean foul brood are known to exist. 



■Mr. Diebold — ^I second that motion. 



Motion put and carried. 



iMr. York — ^Mr. Becker said he went 

 around looking for fooil brood. As I 

 understand it, the inspectors are to go 

 out when the disease is reported to 

 them — is that the idea? 



I>r. Phillips — Not under the -present 

 law. 



Mr. York — If we got the new law, 

 the central authority would be reported 

 to, and he would send the inspectors 

 out — is that the idea? 



Mr. Kildow — If I had waited last 

 summer for reports to come to me, 

 you would not have had anything done. 

 I got four requests last summer for 

 me to go and see their bees. If I had 

 just gone to those four places you 

 would not have had much inspection 

 done, and you would not have known 

 where this disease was, because they 

 did not send to Or. Phillips as he asked 

 them to do. 



I got four requests. You have to go 

 out and hunt it up. The bee-keepers 

 don't want you to know they have 

 got it. 



Mr. [Becker — ^I think there ought to 

 be one rule, and I understand it is the 

 rule of the Department in Washington 

 to inform our inspector of foul brood 

 m certain counties. If it would be re- 

 ported at the postoffice, we could go 

 to the postoffice, and if the postmaster 

 did not want to give the names, all 

 right, we could find out. A man in 





