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TENiTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



in the fall; why that is we do not 

 know. Often when a district is in- 

 '. fected, when there is plenty of it there, 

 It decreases in the fall; oftentimes if 

 w^e just start a colony on the road to 

 recovery it will finish the job. 



Dr. Bohrer — Has not the discovery 

 been made that sometimes a scale is 

 left in the bottom of the cell and filled 

 with honey — that may be a cause for 

 It in the summer? 



I>r. Phillips — It might be. 



Mr. Moore — There is one point that 

 Henry Stewart brought out in regard 

 to his treatment for American foul 

 brood. He said he never saw a cell 

 filled with honey or partially filled 

 with honey, or had any honey in, in 

 which there was a scale of foul brood; 

 he said he never had found it, and 

 never knew of it being that way. He 

 said the bees always clean it out be- 

 fore they put the honey in that cell. I 

 don't see how they could. 



GDr. Phillips — I' have seen bees tear 

 down foul-broody combs to winter in, 

 in an effort to clean it out, but never 

 saw them successful. 



Dr. Bohrer — In any of your experi- 

 ments has there ever been an egg 

 found laid in one of those cells, that 

 has scale in the bottom of it? 



Dr. Phillips — I have seen that. 



I>r. Bohrer — Might that not be one of 

 the very causes of starting it? 



Dr. Phillips — It might be. 



Dr. Bohrer — I would be afraid of it 

 any way. 



Pres. Bowen — ^What other questions 

 ■do we want to consider this after- 

 noon? 



Mr. iMoore — A pretty important part 

 of our meeting has always been the 

 question box. I would suggest we 

 have the question box passed now; if 

 there is anything we wish asked, have 

 it put in writing and put in the ques- 

 tion box. 



Pres. Bowen — If any one has any 

 questions to ask, put them on paper; 

 we will pass the hat around, have 

 some one read the questions, and hear 

 the answers. 



A member — ^I think it is time for the 

 election of officers. 



It was moved and seconded that the 

 election of officers be had tomorrow 

 (Friday morning) at 10' o'clock, and 

 motion to that effect carried. 



Membership of Affiliating Organizations 



Mr. Stone — In the matter that I men- 

 tioned in the Secretary's report as to 

 the cost of membership of the affiliat- 

 ing societies — 25 cents — which has 

 made so much trouble, and is a just 

 cause for a discrimination between the 

 affiliating members and those coming 

 into the Association who pay 50' cents 

 — one paying 25 cents and getting 

 membership in three associations, the 

 one paying 50 cents only getting two; 

 each getting a cloth-bound copy of the 

 reports. 



I stated in my report that our last 

 report cost us $1.01 per copy; that was 

 the exact cost of it. These members 

 getting it for 25 cents think it does not 

 cut any figure, that the State pays for 

 it — but why charge them only 25 cents 

 when members that come in directly to 

 the Association are charged 50 cents? 



I wish to make a motion that Arti- 

 cle 3, 'Section 1, of our Constitution, 

 which reads this way: 



ARTICLE III. Membership. 



Section 1. Any person interested in 

 Apiculture may become a member upon 

 the payment to the Secretary of an 

 annual fee of one dollar ($1.00). 



(Amendment adopted at annual 

 meeting, November, 1905) : And any 

 affiliating association as a body may 

 become members on the payment of 

 an aggregate fee of twenty- five cents 

 (25c) per member. 



Mr. Stone — I want to make a motion 

 to change that to 50 cents per mem- 

 ber. 



Mr. Kildow — I second that motion. 



Pres. Bowen^ — You have heard the 

 motion to amend the Constitution, Ar- 

 ticle 3, Section 1, in accordance with 

 the motion made here, making it read, 

 instead of "aggregate fee o£ 25 cents 

 per member," "aggregate fee of 50 

 cents per member." 



Then their fee is just the same as 

 we pay in coming into the State As- 

 sociation; then if they w^^ant to go into 

 the three Associations, that is between 

 them and the other Associations. The 

 motion is to strike out "25 cents" and 

 insert "50 cents." 



Mr. York — Referring to this motion^ 

 I would like to ask for information: 

 You know the Chicago-Northwestern 

 is the largest Association that affil- 

 iates with this Association. I think 



