ILLlIsOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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Mr. Holekamp: I had plenty of pol- 

 len and honey Jeft after the bees had 

 forsaken the hive. __ 



The President: I think it will be 

 well for us to watch it next summer 

 and pass this. 



Mr. Ernest: Lsist fall was the first 

 I saw of it. We examined it and 

 found what it was. It was foul brood. 

 The brood was dried up. "We took a 

 stick and pushed in and found they 

 were rotten. I tried to save them but 

 I couldn't. 



I found eleven stands. Well, about 

 eight out of the eleven I saved. They 

 looked like they would wither up. Soon 

 after they would cap they would 

 dwindle with a hole right in the head. 



I went to work and put three small 

 pieces on the frames. I left them four 

 days. Well, then I changed them out 

 again and they did well enough. One 

 of them I happened to neglect and it 

 appeared to get along, got along the 

 best of any of them. They made over 

 thirty (30) pounds of honey, and there 

 were two others that made twenty-four 

 (24) pounds. But they appear to be 

 getting along very well now. But I 

 shall be looking a little closer after 

 this. 



Mr, Pyle: I would like a little dis- 

 cussion on the merits of the Baldridge 

 system. Perhaps everybody under- 

 stands it and perhaps, everybody 

 doesn't. 



I think for a man that is a bee- 

 keeper there isn't anything as helpful 

 as the Baldridge plan of treating foul 

 brood. More for a beginner. But also 

 for a man that takes bees and can 

 make a success of it. But I think the 

 Baldridge plan is the best. 



A Member: The Baldridge plan is 

 all right but it is slow. I made a 

 double escape and of course it will take 

 twenty-one to twenty-five days for the 

 bees to hatch out. Then you empty 

 them and you can make wax. But if 

 you have to imake two or three trips 

 you wouldn't be paid for your labor. 

 It is a good plan but you need extra 

 escape for it. If you have but one 

 escape fastened to the entrance, make 

 another. . After a few days you can 

 clean it out. 



I have only got a few colonies but I 

 have so many that I imake as many as 

 I need. Make a hook and frame, when 

 the bees are done I make the wax and 

 they will go for the next ones. 



Mr. Pyle: Two weeks^ time is 

 enough. -^ 



The President: Anybody else got kay^ 

 ^^urther discussjon on this? ' 



rfext^ on the p^grmn is W. W. Lee, 

 PontiacT^HU We canpas.a. that unless 

 he has left liis-pasper. 



Mr. Stone : Mr. President, I doVt 

 think we want any more question box 

 now. 



Hasn't anything been done, and if 

 nothing is done in regard to this 

 foul brood law, the committee will go 

 ahead and do as they please. Nobody 

 has been instructed to ask for that yet. 



The President: It seems like this 

 committee has different ideas. One 

 says the Governor has to appoint, 

 others say he doesn't. • You say they 

 won't allow the Governor any more 

 power, and the other says they would 

 allow the Governor to appoint. 



Mr. Stone: We had the bills drawn 

 up for this Association to appoint on 

 the approval of the (governor the foul 

 brood inspector, but when we went 

 there they forced us to change it. It 

 was Heinl, of Jacksonville, who told 

 me. 



When it was before the appropriation 

 committee they kicked. Heinl came to 

 us, to Mr. Becker, Mr. Smith and me, 

 your bill, Mr. Heinl said, they won't ' 

 allow because they won't allow any 

 appointment of any new officer but by 

 the Governor. He said you go to the 

 Governor, and he instructed us to go 

 to the Attorney General. 



We went and he wasn't in. The other 

 members of the committee appointed 

 me to go and have the bill drawn up. 

 And it was drawn up that way. If the 

 Legislature is willing I will be the first 

 fellow to put it back where It was. 



The President: Seems like there 

 were two different opinions. 



We, as a society, don't care which 

 appoints him just so we get it. 



Mr. Moore: This State Foul Brood 

 Inspector must have the same power 

 as a sheriff. And, therefore, onust be 

 appointed by the Governor. And he . 

 must have the authority from the 

 Governor, if he finds diseased bees and • 

 apiaries, to burn them. 



This committee will have to find out 

 when this thing comes up. No use -j>. 

 working for a foul brood bill unless 

 we can get something that is compul- 

 sory. • 



We want the appropriation, but we 

 can get that. We want a compulsory 



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