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EIGHTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



I asked him in a gentlemanly way 

 If we could look at his bees. He said: 

 "No, sir." I said: "You have no ob- 

 jections for us to walk around?" He 

 said: "No; but don't disturb them." 

 And I just got my nose to one hive, 

 and I could smell the disease, but he 

 wouldn't let me examine them. 



Another man in East St. Louis had 

 five or six the fall before, and had 

 been cleaning up, and was pretty well 

 rid of it, only in a few cases. One 

 case, especially, had a number of cases 

 in the colonies, and he finally cleaned 

 them up and moved them in the coun- 

 try to get rid of them. 



I saw our man there and we went 

 to the cemetery and he sold some to 

 Mr. Holekamp; he examined them to 

 be svire. 



There was one colony the old man 

 had that was pretty near dead. He 

 said: "I don't want you to bother 

 them; they are nearly dead." I said: 

 "Can I look in the colony?" He said: 

 "I don't know." It looked like a hog 

 or a pig pen. I had to pry to get it 

 open. I told the man with me: "This 

 won't bother you very long. They will 

 be gone in a few weeks." Everything 

 in the colony was rotten. I asked him 

 to destroy them. He said: "They 

 will go like the rest." 



The disease was there, and if some 

 other bees come and rob them, you 

 can't get rid of the disease. If they 

 don't want to destroy them, they don't 

 have to. 



Mr. Stone: I don't want to assume 

 anything, but, being here on the 

 grounds, if I was put in as chairman 

 of this committee, I could often do 

 things without calling the other two, 

 when, if I am not the chairman, I 

 couldn't do anything. 



'T'he President: You have as much 

 authority as I. We can settle that 

 • among ourselves. 



Mr. Bowen: If the chair is now at 

 leisure, I would like to ask the 

 question that some of you people of 

 experience can answer: 



How is the best and easiest way to 

 unite weak colonies with strong colo- 

 nies, or strong colonies with weak 

 colonies? 



Mr. Holekamp: That depends on 

 the season of the year, and whether 

 the bees are gathering honey or not. 



Mr. Bowen: Take this season of the 

 year. 



Mr. Holekamp: You cannot unite. 



A Member: I got three swarms out 

 of the timber and I united them. I 

 don't know how to do it, but I did 

 it right away. 



Mr. Kildow: I moa-e that we ad- 

 journ. 



Mr. Pyle: I second the motion. 



Mr. Stone: Mr. President, we want 

 to get out our letter-heads pretty soon. 

 Shall we have it Thursday and Friday 

 next year ? 



The President: No, sir; Wednesday 

 and Thursday. 



Mr. Kildow: Why couldn't we get 

 it some other time, so we won't be 

 crowded for hotel room? Can't we have 

 it a week before or a week after? 



A Member: My wife comes to the 

 Rebekahs' convention when the Odd 

 Fellows meet, and I come to the Bee- 

 Keepers' convention. If you change 

 the dates I can't come because she 

 won't come without me. 



I move we have it the same dates 

 again next year. 



It was so decided. 



Mr. Stone: I will have it placed for 

 the 20th and 21st of November next 

 year again. 



Adjourned sine die. 



