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then; then put them on top the super, 

 'but don't put a swarm on them. 



Mr. Whitney — I don't know any- 

 thing about foul brood of any kind 

 excepting- what I read in the papers 

 and bee-books. I want to ask the 

 question: In European foul broody 

 honey has it not been recommended 

 that it be boiled before it is fed back? 

 Do not the experts recommend that — 

 experts like Mr. France or Mr. Mc- 

 Evoy, or any of our experts on these 

 different subjects? 



Mr. Cavanagh — I believe I have 

 read of it being recommended; all 

 those whom I have talked with rec- 

 ommend it. I, fed over a ton of honey 

 last spring that I had boiled over — 

 every bit of mine; just let it come to a 

 boil. It has not been proven neces- 

 sary to boil it any length of time, like 

 in the American. I believe it is per- 

 fectly safe to feed after it has come 

 to a boil. I didn't have a single case 

 develop after doing that. I would not 

 like to risk it without boiling, because 

 the bees are in condition when they 

 need feeding to be infected with foul 

 brood if it is there. But I think all 

 that is necessary is to just let it come 

 to a boil. 



"Is not the treatment of foul brood 

 by Henry Stewart's method a bad 

 theory to have been published?" 



Mr. Macklin — I talked with Mr. 

 Stewart (he lives about 12 miles from 

 where I do) a year ago, in November, 

 and he stated at that time that his 

 plan, which he afterwards published, 

 and which the publishers stated they 

 paid the highest ruling price for the 

 article, he told me of that plan a year 

 ago last November; I brought up the 

 question here at the last meeting; I 

 don't remember exactly what I said; 

 I explained it at that time — it will not 

 work. I think that his theory is false; 

 it might work in the hands of a few 

 experts, and if they were very careful 

 rot to use those combs for brood-rear- 

 ing purposes. I would not' risk it. 



Dr. Miller — ^Does not Mr. Stewart 

 still believe in the plan himself? 



Mr. Macklin — I think he does. 



Mr. Taylor — ^Is that American or 

 European? 



Mr. MacMin — European. 



Mr. Cavanagh — ^European foul brood, 

 or American foul brood, or any other 

 kind of foul brood, is not cured as 

 long as that infection is in the combs. 



The convention then adjourned to 

 meet at 7:20 p. m. 



Mr. Cavanagh — Mi*. Stewart can no 

 doubt have them apparently cleaned 

 out in combs above a healthy colony, 

 and he can use those combs for 10 

 ;/ears and it may not develop a case 

 below; but let him try it during brood- 

 rearing in his hive, and that disease 

 will develop. 



Introducing Queen to Laying-Worker 

 Colony. ' ; ;, 



"How best to proceed to introduce a 

 queen to a colony that is queenless, 

 and has laying workers?" 



Mr. Macklin — I have had consider- 

 able experience and no trouble. I have 

 put a queen in the cage, introduced 

 her, and left her there for 3 days; then 

 take one of the combs out of the hive 

 and stand it up beside the hive and let 

 the queen out; then if the bees let her 

 run amongst them (if they show any 

 hostility, I rescue her and put her back 

 again for another day), but if they pay 

 no attention to her I put the whole 

 thing back and don't have any trouble. 



Mr. Purple — I simply take a frame 

 out of a good healthy colony, with a 

 young queen, and put it in there. 



Mr. Anderson — The best way is to 

 smother the bees. 



Dr. Miller — No, I would not smother 

 them. In a majority of cases when 

 you have a case of laying workers you 

 have a colony that is more or less re- 

 duced, and the bees generally quite 

 old; I would not want to smother them, 

 but distribute them around among 

 friendly colonies. 



Mr. Oliver — I would like to give a 

 dead sure way of curing them. Put 

 a good, strong colony on top of that 

 laying worker colony, with queen in. 



Pres. York — ^We will now have 15 

 minutes for intermission. 



Treasurer's Report — Election of Offi- 

 cers. 



After intermission the Secretary- 

 Treasurer gave his report showing a 

 deficit of $3.15 at the opening of the 

 present convention. As there was a 

 deficit of $13.00 last year, some prog- 

 ress had been made. 



On motion the report of the Secre- ' 

 tary- Treasurer was approved. 



The election of officers' for the en- 

 suing year came next, with the follow- 

 ing result: 



