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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



"Resolved, That the Association do 

 everything possible in addition to the 

 proposed inspection legislation to edu- 

 cate the bee-keepers of the State in 

 the diagnosis and treatment of bee- 

 diseases and to this end that we co- 

 operate with the State and Federal 

 Officials interested in this line of work 

 in the distribution of literature on this 

 subject." 



Pres. Bowen — If there is no objec- 

 tion resolution will stand adopted as 

 read. 



Mr. Stone — I have a resolution 

 passed at meeting of the Northern Illi- 

 nois and Southern Wisconsin Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, OctobeY 19, 1910. 



"Whereas, Our present Foul Brood 

 Law is largely ineffective. 



Resolved, That our foul brood In- 

 spector be provided with power to ex- 

 amine any colony or colonies of bees, 

 that are suspected of foul brood, and 

 to treat them, and, if necessary, to de- 

 stroy them. 



Resolved, That the foul brood In- 

 spector should never destroy a colony, 

 when in his judgment it can be cured. 



Resolved, That it is the sense of the 

 bee-keepers of this State that our 

 Legislature, at its next session, make 

 such change in the present law as will 

 remedy this defect." 



Mr. York — ^I move that that resolu- 

 tion be referred to the Committee on 

 Legislation, for their information. 



Pres. Bowen — If there is no objec- 

 tion it is so referred. 



The Chicago- Northwestern Report. 



Mr. York — There is a matter I would 

 like to bring up as to the report of 

 the Chicago-Northwestern convention 

 that you have heretofore published. I 

 would; like to inquire as to that pro- 

 cedure for this year, whether it will 

 be the same or not; perhaps the 

 Secretary could inform us on that, or 

 does it require a motion? 



Mr. Stone — I don't believe any 

 change will be made; if the Chicago - 

 Northwestern see fit to affiliate with 

 our Association, at the rate of 50 cents 

 per member; it lies with them whether 

 they want to join in a body at 50 cents 

 and have their report in our State Re- 

 port; it will lie with them. 



Mr. York — ^It is all right then; what 

 I want to do will be to get them to 



join at 50 cents instead of at 25 cents. 

 I think they will be glad to do so. 



Mr. Kluck) — I would say for the 

 benefit of the members, we have "due 

 days"; some time in the last of May 

 or first part of June we have a meet- 

 ing in the vicinity of Freeport; we 

 have one at Rpckford that is inde- 

 pendent of our annual meeting^ and 

 we try to collect dues there and get 

 new members; then at Freeport we 

 have it at some bee-keepers' house, 

 an out-of-door meeting. 



Mixed Workers and Drones. 



"What is the cause of a queen pro- 

 ducing half workers and half drones 

 in worker cells?" 



Mr. Phillips — Does that mean in- 

 dividual or total half drones, half 

 workers? There are queens which 

 produce individuals, workers on one 

 side and drones on the other. One eye 

 drone, one worker; one wing drone, 

 one worker. 



Mr. Kluck — ^What are they good for? 



Dr. Phillips — Nothing. I had some 

 the past summer; it has been reported 

 a great many times; I got a shipment 

 of them from a man in Florida the 

 past summer; nobody knows why that 

 occurs, 



Mr. iMbore — ^It is a freak of nature. 



,Mr. York — I think they must have 

 practiced "shaking bees," and shook 

 them up too much, and they got 

 mixed ! 



Mari<eting Honey. 



"How to bring about a uniform way 

 for marketing honey at a uniform 

 price?'' 



Mr. Moore — Have a honey-produc- 

 ers' association for handling the honey 

 crop and selling it. 



Mr. Diebold — ^That is my idea of -it; 

 that is the only way to handle it. 



Bulk Comb Honey. 



"Has any one tried producing bulk 

 comb honey; if so, with what result?" 



Mr. Diebold — 'I tried last summer on 

 a larger scale than I had heretofore. 

 I must say I got more honey doing it 

 in that way than in a sectional hive, 

 but I find it is a great deal of work to 

 cut it out and put in glass fruit-jars. 

 It takes a great deal of talking to con- 

 vince people that it is a nice article, 

 but after they buy a jar, they say to 



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