ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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acted with a compulsory clause it is 

 no good. We must have that. 



A Member: I move it be the con- 

 sent of this convention that our Com- 

 mittee on Legislation be instructed to 

 have a la-w passed so it will be com- 

 pulsory on people that have foul brood 

 and know it, and compel them to have 

 it remedied. 



Mr. Kildow: Why not have this com- 

 mittee go on and push it till - we get 

 this law we want, that they turned 

 down? 



Here the law was read. 



Mr. Bowen: The last part isn't 

 worded right and it will never go 

 through that way. 



Mr. Moore: This bill provides for 

 the appointment of the Inspector by 

 the Governor. 



Is there any second to that other 

 motion? If there is not I will make a 

 motion that our Executive Committee 

 be instructed to secure the pass"age 

 of this bill' as it stands or make the 

 changes they deem necessary. 



Mr. Kildow: I second it. 

 Motion carried. 



Mr. Holekamp: There might be 

 some change, might have to make some 

 additions. The old law might have 

 to have something added . to it. You 

 might want to change it a little. And 

 j'ou might have to change it a little. 



The niotion was put and prevailed. 



A Member: About what per cent 

 of colonies over the State have 

 this foul brood? Is it a small or large 

 per cent? 



Mr. Smith: Per cent isn't nearly as 

 large as three years ago. 



A Member: Find it mostly among 

 bee-keepers or farmers. 



The President: Bee-keepers keep it 

 down but farmers don't. 



A Member: They might have to 

 have ten inspectors and destroy thou- 

 sands and thousands of colonies of 

 bees. 



Mr. Holekamp: No! No! Our In- 

 spector inspected ten thousand colo- 

 nies of bees and never destroyed one. 



It must be necessary that the In- 

 spector has the right to destroy them 

 if the party is unwilling to assist in 

 this kind of work. 



If he hasn't that authority the peo- 

 ple will just laugh at him. 



Mr. Gray: That is for foul brood. 



That provides for only foul brood; it 

 ought to include other diseases. 



Mr. Stone: Mr. President, our new 

 brother here, just for his information 

 and others in the same line, we will 

 tell just what we Jtold before the ap- 

 propriation committee in the House. 



For those men who have two or 

 three colonies of bees and foul brood 

 kills them ofC, and they let the hives 

 stand there, full of the disease, while 

 the large holders or big bee-men ex- 

 terminate them every year. 



What we want is the authority to go 

 and clean these hives up. If they don't 

 feel disposed to take any action the 

 Inspector ought to have the right to 

 defend the other parties from the con- 

 tagion of these worthless, emptyi hives, 

 whether foul brood or other contagion. 



We want to work as members among 

 onr own men- and have them come 

 there informed. 



We want the power to go and clean 

 up these two or three colonies where 

 the people won't clean them up them- 

 selves. 



The President: I think that this 

 committee is fully competent to know 

 what the bee-keepers of this state 

 want. They have been instructed year 

 after year, and have been before the 

 Legislature for four different sessions. 

 We would not like to have our hands 

 tied. We don't know in what posi- 

 tion we have to present this. We may 

 have to make some amendments. 



We are anxious to get this bill 

 through the best way we can. And 

 I think if it is left to the committee 

 they will do better than if their hands 

 are tied. 



Mr. Kildow: The supposition is to 

 get a law as nearly that as we can. 



Mr. Moore: I think this committee 

 has the sentiment of this session. 

 It is hard to make a motion to govern 

 the ground. It may be that they will 

 have to change it. It is better to leave 

 it go in that w^ay. 



Mr. Becker: Once in a while you 

 will find a party where you are out in- 

 specting bees, and you report the dis- 

 ease of the bees, they will not let you 

 inspect their bees. 



I struck a man like that in Edwards- 

 ville. He said: "I'd clean my foul 

 brood up, but my neighbor four or five 

 blocks away has it, and there are four 

 or Ave hives in the grass." 



