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EIGHTI-T ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



White Clover Seed. 



"Will white clover seed sprouted 

 after November 10 survive the win- 

 ter?" 



Mr. Kennicott: Not without protec- 

 tion. 



Cellar For Comb Honey. 



"Would a basement cellar 20 by 40 

 with active furnace in one end be a 

 good place to winter comb honey, and 

 in what part should it be placed?" 



Mr. Kannenberg: Yes. I say, place 

 it as near the furnace as you can, not 

 to have too much dust around it. 



Mr. Kennicott: And without too 

 much dampness. 



Mr. Kannenberg: There won't be 

 any dampness near the furnace. 



Mr. Whitney: If the basement is 

 dry and warm, I don't know why it 

 would not be as safe as in an upper 

 room. It seems to me that it would 

 be all right. 



Mr. Moore: I think that would be 

 a very ideal place to winter comb 

 honey. I would like a thermometer, 

 and would put it in a place that reg- 

 istered eighty degrees as near as pos- 

 sible. I know some put paper over it, 

 and use tacks to hold it down, as 

 there might be coal dust and other 

 sorts of dirt that would perhaps ruin 

 it, so that would be a good idea. 



Mr. McClure: Wlhioh is considered 

 the best honey, from Wisconsin or fur- 

 ther south as far as St. Louis — white 

 clover honey? 



President York: Which is consid- 

 ered the best, the Northern or the 

 Southern honey? Mr. Baldridge, what 

 is your experience? You have had 

 honey from all over the country. 



Mr. Baldridge: I sihould think the 

 white clover in Southern niinois would 

 produce as good honey as in the 

 northern part, I don't know why It 

 should not. 



Getting New Mennbers. 



"How can we g«t two hundred bee- 

 keepers out of the one hundred thou- 

 sand near Chicago to these meetings?" 



Mr. Kannenberg: Draft them, like 

 men in war time! 



Mr. Whitney: I would like to ask 

 if there are a hundred thousand bee- 

 keepers within the region of Chicago, 



President York: The census of Illi- 

 nois gives something like thirty-five 



thousand in this State; so you take alt 

 the States surrounding Chicago, there 

 ought to be a hundred thousand. 



Mr. Whitney: Yes, if you take the 

 United States. I supposed that tad 

 reference to the immediate vicinity of 

 Chicago. 



President York: I think it means 

 the States within a radius of two or 

 three hundred miles of Chicago. 



Mr. Whitney: I think we would 

 have to draft them if we wanted to ' 

 get them from Ohio and Pennsylvania. 



President York: The question 

 asked for only two hundred. 



Mr. Whitney: It would be a good 

 thing if we could get them. 



President York: I think the high- 

 est attendance we have ever had at 

 the Chicago-Northwestern convention 

 was one hundred! and fifty. 



Mr, Whitney: \ Right here, if I may 

 be permitted to 1 occupy the stand, it 

 seems to me that if each one of us 

 that comes to this association would 

 use a little effort and a little persua- 

 sion, pleasantly, with the bee-keep- 

 ers, we can induce some one, and per- 

 haps two or more, to join. I am cer- 

 tain that I can. I believe any other 

 member can do the same, and we can" 

 double the attendance next year. I 

 want to ask, before we close, if an 

 individual should join any time be- 

 tween now and, say, the first of Jan- 

 uary, would he become a member of 

 the State Association? 



President York: I should say, yes. 



Mr. Whitney: And would be 

 counted as of that association to in- 

 fluence the Legislature. It seems to 

 me that we could get an additional 

 number to join the association if we 

 would get to york. I am going to 

 go for three ot four within the next 

 few days that I know will join if they 

 can have the privilege of belonging to 

 the State Association, as well as the 

 National. 



President York: All three for the 

 dollar. We would like to have them 

 give $1.25 if they will, but the twenty- 

 five is not compulsory. The liegisla- 

 ture meets about the 10th of January, 

 so that if the names of any new mem- 

 bers are sent in to the Secretary be- 

 fore that time, they would become 

 members of all three, and in time to 

 Ihelp on the legislative work. 



Mr. Moore: In this connection, I 

 might state the executive committee 



