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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Mr. Holekamp — Would it not be bet- 

 ter to let this be undecided, and give it 

 a little more time? Maybe those Min- 

 neapolis people would come in and in- 

 vite us there. 



Mr. York— I don't think that we 

 should consider an invitation from the 

 West for next year; we should go East, 

 as Mr. Coggshall says. 



Mr. Coggshall — You, might come to 

 Philadelphia or Harrisburg. 



Mr. France — This will finally have to 

 be left with the Executive Board. Your 

 suggestions are good, but, remember, 

 we can not decide here. This meeting 

 was to have been held here last year, 

 but when the cry of yellow fever broke 

 out in the South it seemed best to meet 

 elsewhere. I doubt very much if the 

 meeting will be held at Jamestown. On 

 account of excursion rates some of the 

 larger cities will obtain the meeting, 

 but I am in favor of the meeting being 

 held in the East. 



Mr. Victor — I think this Association 

 should East of the Mississippi 



River, and that it be left to the discre- 

 tion of the Executive Committee, with- 

 out recommending any special place, ex- 

 cept it meet east of the Mississippi 

 River. 



President — Have we a second for the 

 motion ? 



Mr. Coggshall — I second the motion. 



Pres. Dadant — It is the sentiment of 

 this meeting that when you vote, that 

 we desire the meeting held east of the 

 Mississippi River. The motion is car- 

 ried. 



Cause and Cure of Bee-Paralysis. 



"What is the cause of bee-paralysis, 

 and what is the best cure?" 



Mr. Coggshall — I have been where 

 it is. Mr. Poppleton has it in Florida. 

 He can not cure it; the bees die about 

 as fast as they increase, and just about 

 keep even. 



Mr. Piper — I asked that question. Of 

 course I think I have a cure, but I 

 would like to know the cause of it. I 

 use sulphur as a remedy. Some recom- 

 mend putting it on top of the frames. 

 If you do you will kill the brood, though 

 I found putting it on the bottom-board 

 is effective, and it does not kill the 

 brood. But of course I know there is 

 another cure by introducing a new 

 queen. 



Pres. Dadant— I wish to say that this 

 is an international disease; it is known 



in every country, although in cold 

 countries it is less prevalent. 



Mr. Anderson — I once thought that it 

 was caused from certain flowers until 

 I experimented with extracted honey 

 from a few colonies. Those bees I car- 

 ried through on the sugar syrup. In 

 order to test the matter I extracted the 

 honey late in the fall, from a few colo- 

 nies, and allowed the bees to clean up 

 the combs, and I used those combs to 

 feed the other bees; that is, I fed the 

 sugar syrup. I hived the bees and 

 found them this way: Those bees that 

 were carried through on the sugar syrup 

 showed the disease equally as bad as the 

 others. 



Dr. Bohrer — With regard to paralysis, 

 my opinion is that it affects the bees 

 just as it does mankind, and I don't 

 know what to attribute it to. Persons 

 are not exempt from paralysis at any 

 age; the infant will have it, the 5 or 

 10 year old boy will have it, and the old 

 man will have it, and very often when 

 he least expects it. In fact, an old man 

 in my settlement boasted of his good 

 health and yet he was taken home from 

 prayer-meeting stricken with paralysis 

 and died the next day,. Paralysis, I 

 say, affects the nervous system, and if 

 we can find some kind of honey that 

 will injure the nervous system we may 

 get at the cause. Dr. Phillips is con- 

 ducting experiments along this line. I 

 suggest that he try it. Sulphur, it is 

 said, has cured it by being sprinkled 

 among the bees; but I don't know 

 whether it has. 



Mr. Rankin — The last year and a half 

 I have been in California, and most ot 

 my work has been on bee-diseases. I 

 am not prepared to say that it is a 

 nervous disease, but I am prepared to 

 say that I don't know the cause, and 

 don't know a remedy. 



Wm. Atchley — I have had a little ex- 

 perience along that line. I don't be- 

 lieve that it is catching. I have tried to 

 see if I could not affect other colonies 

 with it, but failed. It is no doubt caused 

 by the queen, and I have cured it by 

 doing away with that queen. 



L. Jones — I have had some experience 

 with paralysis of the bees. Dr. Bohrer 

 said he attributed it to the nervous sys- 

 tem. I think it is due to the digestive 

 system. I read an article advising the 

 use of sulphur — just sprinkle.it over 

 the top of the frames. I had a man 

 working for me, and we sprinkled the 



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