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gate. Is there any danger of this law 

 being turned toward the manufactur- 

 ers? How many Wisconsin bee-keep- 

 ers are there here? (3.) Is this law a 

 beneficial thing in your State? 



Mr. Wilcox: I am sure it is a bene- 

 fit to the bee-keepers ofiJVisconsin. It 

 subdues and prevents fdiil brood. It 

 does not benefit the supply- dealer, di- 

 rectly or indirectly. 



Mr. Whitney: I think it is a great 

 benefit. We feel perfectly safe in Wis- 

 consin. It is well known that I have 

 sold bees to come into' Illinois. Before 

 I concluded to send them I wrote to 

 Mr. France and asked him if he knew 

 if there was foul brood in the neighbor- 

 hood. If there was any, I would not 

 send them to Illinois. He said, "No." 

 So I felt safe to send them. I feel 

 very anxious that everybody should 

 do what he can to get a foul brood law 

 that is as effective as it is in Wisconsin. 

 I think it is all right. It has not added 

 one penny to the manufacturers. 



Miss Candler: I have always felt 

 that it would help me. I am very glad 

 to have it there. 



Mr. Reynolds: If the foul brood law 

 is right, it will be all right. 



Mr. Dadant: Is any one present who 

 knows of any one in a State where 

 they have a foul brood law that has 

 caused discontent among bee-keepers? 

 . Mr. Taylor: I am a foul brood in- 

 spector myself. We have a foul brood 

 law in Michigan. The former inspec- 

 tor had been so busy that he used all 

 the funds. More funds were supplied 

 about July 1. During August and Sep- 

 tember I visited 40 or 50 apiaries. 

 Any one would be surprised to go into 

 a neighborhood and see the condition 

 of the bees. I went where almost 

 every apiary was rotten with it. In 

 all my experience I found only one 

 man who was dissatisfied. Most were 

 glad to have me come. Bee-keepers 

 generally are glad to have their bees 

 looked into. 



Mr. Reynolds: There was another 

 clause that said if you had a colony 

 of bees in one yard that was affected, 

 you could sell no honey from that yard. 

 The law should be fair — one that will 

 work both ways. 



Mr. Taylor: We have nothing to 

 do with the nature of the law. The 

 question is simply. Shall we have a 

 law? 



Mr. Wheeler: We have a foul brood 

 law. The bee-papers say so. 



Dr. Miller: There never has been 



a foul brood law. That bee-paper was 

 mistaken. 



Mr. Wheeler: We say there have 

 been inspectors of the highest type. 

 We don't know what they will be in 

 the future. I understand that people 

 know what Mr. France and Mr. Taylor 

 are. We don't know what the future 

 has in store for us. What we want 

 to do is to ward off unfair people. 

 We want to protect ourselves. We do 

 not want to put ourselves in the hands 

 of people who care nothing for us ex- 

 cept what they can get out of us. 



The resolution was passed unani- 

 mously. 



Early Hatched Queens. 



"Why are early hatched queens 

 poor?" 



Mr. Wilcox: Call for a show of 

 hands as to how many think they 

 are poor. ^ 



Dr. Miller: What do you mean by 

 early hatched queens? 



Mr. Dadant: If by an early hatched 

 queen is meant one reared by a col- 

 ony not ready and not strong enough. I 

 believe that the question is right. If, 

 however, an early hatched queen is 

 simply a queen of an early swarm that 

 is swarming naturally early in the 

 season, I think it is entirely different. 

 A queen might be hatched so early 

 that the time might pass for her mat- 

 ing and she would be unable to find 

 any drones; or where the brood can 

 not be kept warm; or where the queen- 

 cell is not made with large capacity. 

 I think under some of these circum- 

 stances there is a chance for a queen 

 to be inferior. I think there is a great- 

 er chance when the colony is not in a 

 position to rear queens. A queen can 

 not be inferior except • accidentally, 

 when a colony is in a position to have 

 plenty of honey and plenty of heat, 

 and everything necessary to rear a 

 large number of bees. 



Mr. Wilson: The flow of nectar has 

 a great deal to do with it. 



Dr. Miller: Ckn a beginner rear good 

 queens in April? 



Mr. Taylor: For the flight of the 

 virgin queen in order to get good re- 

 sults it should be good, warm weath- 

 er, and if there happens to be warm 

 weather at the proper time, and if the 

 queen is properly nourished, there is 

 no reason why she should not be a 

 good queen. 



Mr. Moore: About 35 years ago I 

 can remember that in rearing queens 



