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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



gnawing their way; I have never seen 

 wingless bees produced in any number. 



Mr. Werner — I bought a fine queen 

 last summer; she produced fine bees, 

 but about 7 per cent of the young bees 

 were wingless. Of course, I told the 

 party I bought it of, and I returned it 

 and got another one for it. 



President Kildow — ^Were there any 

 moths in the hive? 



Mr. Werner — No, sir; the wings were 

 off from the body. 



Dr. Bohrer — I had a case of that kind 

 in my apiary once. It was not due to 

 moths; it was a Caucasian queen; a 

 great many of the bees would come out 

 wingless; others would have wings 

 that seemed to be perfect, but they 

 would drop to the ground when they 

 tried to fly; they could not fly; I 

 pinched the life right out of the queen, 

 and got rid of her. I don't attribute it, 

 particularly, to the Caucasian race of 

 bees. We have the same things happen 

 in the animal kingdom; some animals 

 are monstrosities, and such things hap- 

 pen in insect life as well as to animals. 



Removing Propolis From Hands. 



"Did any one ever try honey for tak- 

 ing propolis off the hands?" 



Dr. Bohrer — I never did. 



Mr. York — It is very easily tried. 



Mr. Stone — I asked that question. I 

 was handling some broken pieces of 

 comb honey that I had gotten out of 

 the top of the hives, and my hands 

 were just covered with propolis when 

 I began, and when I was done, it was 

 all gone. , 



Mr. Crim — Coal-oil and corn-meal 

 are the best things in the world to 

 use. 



Mr. Stone — Lekko soap will take it 

 off every time. 



Adulterated Syrups. 



Dr. Bohrer — I will ask another ques- 

 tion. It is a matter of importance to 

 the public in general, bee-keepers or 

 not; and that is, so far as your knowl- 

 edge extends, are you aware, and are 

 the people aware, that very much — in 

 fact, I might say of the syrup 

 that is sold in groceries — about 90 

 per cent of it is glucose; perhaps 10 

 per cent is cane. Do you think the 

 people know what they are actually 

 using, and if they don't, they ought to 

 be informed. I inform them of this: I 

 tell our grocers that they are selling 

 something there that is not flt to go 



into the human stomach. There is 

 90 per cent of glucose to 10 per cent 

 of cane syrup. Many people do not 

 know what is causing their indigestion 

 and dyspepsia. It is eating so much 

 glucose syrup. 



Glucose Cause of Indigestion. 



Indigestion and dyspepsia were 

 not known in the world's history 

 until corn syrup was introduced, 

 and the people don't know to 

 what cause to attribute it. People that 

 are using it right along, and continue 

 to do so for table use, cannot use it 

 five years without contracting the dis- 

 ease in their system; it is not fit to 

 be sold. 



Mr. York — I thought it was required 

 by law that all canned foods should be 

 labeled? 



Dr. Bohrer — But the people don't 

 read it. 



Mr. Moore — You will find almost all 

 of it marked 90 per cent corn syrup; it. 

 is not corn syrup; it is glucose. They 

 can make syrup from the corn- stock 

 that is corn syrup, but this glucose is 

 made from the starch of the corn ker- 

 nel. 



Dr. Bohrer — I believe the Govern- 

 ment has decided the name is not in- 

 appropriate — corn syrup. 



Mr. Moore — Dr. Wiley claimed it 

 should be labelled glucose; it was 

 not corn syrup; 'but it was overruled. 



Increasing the Association's Member- 

 ship. 



"What can any member of this As- 

 sociation do to help increase its mem- 

 bership?" 



Mr. Moore — Simply talk it up. 



Mr. York — It does seem to me that 

 is a fair question, because, if Illi- 

 nois is going to stand at the head 

 of the list of organized bee-keepers' 

 associations, we ought all to find out 

 just what we can do to have the 

 largest membership; and, then, too, I 

 think a large membership in our State 

 organization would ihelp to secure the 

 legislation we want to get, at another 

 term of the Legislature. I, for one, 

 would like to know what I can do to 

 help. I 'have tried to do what I could 

 in years gone by, because I believed 

 in bee-keepers organizing; I believe 

 they are very likely to get what they 

 want if they are properly organized, 

 and I think a great many bee-keepers 



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