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SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



me in a good many ways. He was 

 a good man, well liked. 



The resolutions were passed unani- 

 mously. 



Foul Brood Law for Illinois. 



Mr. Kimmey then offered the follow- 

 ing: 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this 

 Association that the Legislature of 

 Illinois should pass an effective Foul 

 Brood law similar to the Wisconsin 

 law, so as fully to protect the bee- 

 keepers of Illinois from carelessness 

 and ignorance on the part of those en- 

 gaged in our industry. 



Mr. Dadant: The members who have 

 had something to do with the attempts 

 at getting the law passed in the State 

 Legislature twice before, are very anx- 

 ious to see this resolution passed by 

 the bee-keepers of the Chicago-North- 

 western, because we. should have be- 

 hind us not only the example of other 

 States, but the opinion of the bee- 

 keepers who represent the industry in 

 Illinois. 

 I Mr. Wheeler: Does this body repre- 

 sent the bee-keepers of Northern Illi- 

 nois? 



Mr. Kimmey: The committee con- 

 sidered this matter, and while there 

 may be force in the argument that 

 this Association consists of bee-keep- 

 ers from other States, and that it per- 

 haps may seem a little out of place 

 that the bee-keepers from adjoining 

 States should call upon the Legislature 

 of Illinois, still bees know no State lines. 

 The man from Wisconsin is interested 

 in Illinois. So are the States of Iowa 

 and Missouri which adjoin our borders. 

 If any objection be made to these ter- 

 ritorial bounds, we have this to say, 

 that we shall call upon the Legisla- 

 tures of all States. We should pass 

 this resolution to strengthen the hands 

 of the legislators. 



Mr. Reynolds: How many bee-keep- 

 ers are there in Illinois? (About 35,- 

 000.) Do the bee-keepers know this?. 



Mr. Anderson: The bee-keepers 

 should be at this convention. The Chi- 

 cago-Northwestern, the Illinois State, 

 and another Association in the South- 

 ern part of the State, represent the 

 bee-keepers of this State, and if they 

 are not here, it is not our fault. We 

 represent a good share of the bee- 

 keepers in Illinois. 



Mr. Reynolds: How many have 

 heard of it? What papers have ad- 

 vertised it? 



Mr. Kimmey: We don't pretend to 

 represent the bee-keepers of Illinois. 

 Simply the opinion of this Association. 

 We are simply speaking for ourselves. 



Mr. Reynolds: In regard to this res- 

 olution being put before the Legislature. 

 Where, in case of disease, you were 

 given 24 hours to clean up or burn, 

 would it be to your advantage? Simply 

 for the manufacture; simply that we 

 should have to buy new supplies. 



Mr. Kannen: The law did not say 

 that an apiary must be burned up if 

 the bee-keeper is willing to cure it. 



Mr. Whitney: The point is: Do we 

 want to cast our influence in favor of 

 a good foul brood law? It seems to me 

 that designating what kind of a law 

 the Legislature shall pass is out of 

 the question. Shall we adept a reso- 

 lution putting ourselves on record that 

 we are in favor of a good foul brood 

 law? I am in favor of the resolution. 



Mr. Moore: Just one word of infor- 

 mation. The only organization that is 

 recognized by the Legislature of Illi- 

 nois is the Illinois Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation. Anything we do is purely 

 advisory. After a talk with Mr. Stone, 

 Mr. Smith, and Mr. Becker, I know 

 their views entirely. They would like 

 to get a law through that is perfect in 

 all of its parts. It has been impossible 

 to get any law at all. We need a law 

 based on the W^isconsin law. We can 

 say nothing as to what shall be put in 

 that law. They will have to do the 

 best they can, but this is old and is 

 thoroughly understood by the bee-keep- 

 ing fraternity. 



Mr. Wilcox: ThVs resolution simply 

 says that we are in favor of a foul 

 brood law. I had something to do 

 with the Wisconsin foul brood law. 

 One of the objections raised by one 

 legislator was, What is to hinder ship- 

 ping in foul brood from other States? 

 Our answer was that we hoped to have 

 similar laws passed in other States. 

 We hope to have. A law patterned 

 after the Wisconsin law will be appro- 

 priate to Illinois. There is nothing 

 objectionable about it. It is strong in 

 its provisions, but never resorting to 

 extreme measures. No rash measures 

 have ever been employed by Mr. 

 France, who is the inspector for Wis- 

 consin. 



Mr. Kimmey: We should not be 

 hasty in so important a matter. If 

 there is any danger of this law being 

 passed for the advantage of manufac- 

 turers, we should stop and investi- 



