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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



tractive style with the producer's label 

 and guarantee that it is pure honey, 

 and this helps the grocer to sell it. 



Mr. Baxter — I endorse every word 

 Mr. Dadant says. Up our way people 

 know what granulated honey is. Most 

 of our customers like it. I have no 

 trouble with it. 



The fact that honey from different 

 kinds of blossoms will prove different 

 in this respect, was brought out. Honey 

 from alfalfa is found to granulate 

 rapidly, while that from sage does not, 

 and that from goldenrod is slow to 

 granulate. And it was said that honey 

 from sweet clover had not granulated, 

 and the next year there was basswood 

 mixed with it. Another gentleman 

 thought basswood honey was likely to 

 granulate. Spanish-needle was also 

 mentioned, and it was said the late 

 gathered honey granulates less rapidly 

 than the early. 



Pres. Smith said any miscellaneous 

 business was in order. If any members 

 had not yet registered it could be done 

 now. Mr. Baxter paid his membership 

 fee and received his badge. 



Mr. Black brought up the question 

 as to whether bees will eat fruit. Ex- 

 periences were related and views ex- 

 changed, and the general jopinion was 

 that unlss the skin has already been 

 broken, bees will not seek for honey 

 on grapes, peaches, etc., but are often 

 found on over-ripe fruit, left on the 

 trees after it should have been gathered, 

 and which offers them food from burst- 

 ing skins and soft or rotten spots, and 

 places that have been pecked by birds. 



Pres. Smith suggested that the Secre- 

 tary distribute slips of paper on which 

 members should write questions they 

 would like to have answered. He said: 

 "You need not sign your names to your 

 questions, just write them and hand 

 them it." 



Contracting Foul Brood. 



The first question announced by the 

 Secretary was : "Will bees contract foul 

 brood from surplus honey produced on 

 colonies that have foul brood?" 



Mr. Dadant — I would like to hear 

 from our President in regard to that 

 matter. 



Pres. Smith said it was probable they 

 would. Such conditions would only oc- 

 cur in seasons when the honey-flow 

 was very free. 



Mr. Dadant — Is it not true that the 

 bee coming from the field sometimes 



gives its honey to some other bee to 

 carry to the cell? 



President — I do not believe the one 

 stores the honey that gathers it. 



Mr. Kildow — Do you believe it is 

 possible for a colony that has foul 

 brood ever to get rid of it? 



Mr. Black — If my bees were where 

 they could get honey from any source 

 where there was a bit of foul brood I 

 would not touch it. 



Mr. Dadant said that a great deal 

 had been learned about foul brood at 

 the San Antonio meeting, and referred 

 to the very interesting report of Dr. 

 White. Specimens of foul brood, were 

 shown there and the bacillus described 

 as in appearance like two tiny sticks 

 held together by a more slender con- 

 nection between them. The two little 

 sticks end to end, united by the slight- 

 er joining. These bacilli develop rapid- 

 ly, the slender joining breaking, and 

 each end then becoming one by itself, 

 and it developing and breaking in two, 

 becoming two more, and this process 

 is repeated every half hour. And they 

 remain in honey for years, and when 

 conditions are favorable, as soon as 

 they find a proper medium, will begin 

 to develop foul brood. 



Mr. Kildow said he was very much 

 interested in this matter of foul brood; 

 that it was one of the things he came 

 to this meeting to hear about. He has 

 kept bees since 1880 and never had 

 any experience with it until the past 3 

 years. He had bought some bees from 

 a man who wanted to sell out, represent- 

 ing that his bees were all right, but when 

 he got home Mr. Kildow found they 

 had foul brood. He said Mr. Smith 

 was up in 1905. Out of 40 or 50 colon- 

 ies 31 were infected with the disease, 

 and there it was right under their noses. 

 It is almost useless for one man to clean 

 it out of his own colonies when his 

 neighbors allow it to increase in theirs. 



Under these circumstances Mr. Kil- 

 dow was very much interested in gettitig 

 a foul brood law, and thinks we might 

 get something like the law they have 

 in Ohio. He would be in favor of 

 making the bees pay what expense there 

 might be attached to the enforcement ot 

 the law. 



Mr. Johnson spoke at some length 

 on the use of disinfectants, and gave 

 some valuable information relative to 

 experiments that had been tried. He 

 had read a great deal on the subject. 



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