ILLINOIS ST\TE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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A Member: I second the motion. 



The President: It is moved and sec- 

 onded that the Executive Committee 

 be the Legislative Committee. 



Motion , carried. 



Mr. Becker: We talked a little on 

 this Legislative Committee yesterday 

 afternoon. Is this now appointed? 

 Those that have belonged to the com- 

 mittee know how much we have had 

 to contend with, and as I stated last 

 evening, the way the bill was drafted 

 before, in drawing the bill the Gov- 

 ernor had the appointing of the In- 

 spector. 



There was a great deal of dissatis- 

 faction in the Legislature in that. 

 Some claimed the Governor had too 

 much power politically now, and that 

 Avou'id put another appointee under his 

 jurisdiction. They were opposed to it. 

 And some others contended the Gov- 

 ernor would have to have the power 

 under that bill. When the committee 

 meets later on we can decide by ask- 

 ing some of the legislators, and, by 

 the way, by that time the question 

 will be settled who will control the 

 Legislature. If the friends of the Gov- 

 ernor will control or his enemies. 



The bee-keepers, we have now made 

 efforts for the last three times to have 

 it passed. I think we will get it, pro- 

 viding each bee-keeper will go to his 

 Representative and explain to him that 

 this disease is so destructive as it is 

 to the human family, and they have 

 laws against small pox and other dis-' 

 eases, and this disease spreads as much 

 and affects as much as small pox 

 among the human family. 



The Representative from Edwards- 

 ville, he only had a few bees, but he 

 saw the effect of the disease. He told 

 rfiB^^^in the presence of Mr. Werner 

 that -we could count on him, and he 

 wanted our assistance to get it before 

 the committee and through the com- 

 mittee, because he knew what effect 

 the disease had upon the bees. 



I think if the bee-keepers wilt work 

 we can get that bill through this win- 

 ter. 



The President: Let us take up that 

 discussion on Mr. Holekamp's essay. 



He wants to know if there are any 

 members present finding dead brood 

 which is not foul brood, and find more 

 than usual, the disease which we have 

 found in Missouri, have you found it 

 in Illinois? 



Mr. Gray: I have had some ex- 



perience this year, only my bees, don't 

 get over it. 



I have had it for three years. ; It is 

 not foul brood nor black brood. It 

 holds right on. It is still there. It will 

 get it from feeding back honey. ; And 

 they die in all stages, from two or 

 three days old till they just com'e out 

 of the hive. I have had it for three 

 years right along. 



The President: Are your bees in one 

 apiary? 



Mr. Grey: Yes, sir. But a man up 

 town had it all through his apiary. 



The President: Have your bees ac- 

 cess to any canning plant? 



Mr. Grey: No, sir. They work on 

 the river. In the fall we have sweet 

 clover every year. 



Mr. Holekamp: Did you find small 

 bees, usually small bees coming from 

 the cells which looked weak? 



Mr. Grey: I can't say that I did. 



Mr. Holekamp: That is starve brood, 

 Mr. McEvoy says. 



Mr. Grey: They had it when they 

 had plenty. I don't see how that is 

 starve brood. 



I sent a specimen to Washington. 

 He said the brood was raised in a 

 hive that had no sealed store. I fell 

 off consequently this spring. It was 

 worse than ever. r 



This spring I changed eveits^hing in 

 the yard. Most of them when strong 

 enough to can build up, but there were 

 a few didn't. |, 



Mr. Bow^^en: Do you ever change 

 your queen? 



Mr. Gray: Yes, sir. I change them 

 often. I just started over a year ago. 

 It didn't seem_^ to make any difference. 

 It^ kept on just the same. I don't 

 think it could be starve brood. The 

 bees would clean out the comb per- 

 fectly clean. 



Mr. Pyle: Didn't I understand you 

 to say, first it came only in a few 

 combs and then more and finally over 

 the whole frame? 



Mr. Grey: Yes, sir. But just a few 

 cells at first. The next crop there 

 would be more, and the next crop 

 there would be probably three or four 

 of them dead. 



A Member: I have had quite a good 

 deal of experience with it, whatever it 

 is, foul brood or whatever it may be. 



A year ^go this last summer I sent 

 a sample to Mr. Miller. He didn't 



