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NINTH ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



leaves for Kansas City at about 6:00 

 p. m. I am glad that I have had the 

 privilege of meeting with you one time 

 more, and I think it has been the 

 most interesting session I have ever 

 been present, out of the three. Every- 

 thing that has been discussed has 

 been discussed in a very able way, 

 and in an exhaustive manner. 



The question, above all others, that 

 brought me here, is one that I think 

 is of most importance to American 

 bee-keepers today, and that is the 

 matter of foul brood. I do admire the 

 way you have handled this question 

 here. There has been no antagonism 

 manifested; it has' been handled by 

 men in a becoming manner, and the 

 resolutions you have adopted are cer- 

 tainly reasonable, and I firmly believe 

 you are going to get the law you want; 

 you may not get exactly the law that 

 will suit you at first. We have now, 

 in the State of Kansas, a banking 

 guarantee law; while we are getting 

 along with it, it is not what we want, 

 and when our Legislature meets, we 

 will have it amended. You can do the 

 same with your bee-keepers' law. If 

 you don't get just what you want, go 

 before your Legislature and ask them, 

 in a becoming manner, to give you 

 what you require; state what your 

 needs are to them very plainly, and 

 you will get attention. 



I thank you, one and all, for the at- 

 tention you have given me, and the 

 invitations I have had to meet with 

 you, and if I never meet with you 

 again, I wish you all well. 



President York — How many are at 

 this convention that were at the first 

 meeting of the Nothwestern? 



Mr. BaldTidge — I don't remember, 

 but I think I was. 



Mr. Wheeler — I think I was. 



President York — Mr. Baldridge and 

 Dr. Bohrer were at the first meeting 

 of the National, in 1871. 



Super for Jumbo Hive. 



"In the use of the Jumbo hive, is it 

 advisable to use a ten-frame super or 

 the eight-frame?" 



Mr. Holtermann — If anything, I 

 would use the wider. 



Mr. Wilcox — I would use the wide 

 super, if I used the w^ide hive, even if 

 I had to run the sections crosswise af 

 t/he frames. 



Mr. Huffman — In using the wider, 

 w(hat would you use for cover, the 



same as over the hive, or have extra? 

 Will the same cover fit both? 



Mr. Holtermann — I use the same. 

 The question is, the matter of lessen- 

 ing the width; I said, if anything, I 

 would use it wider, not narrower. 



Doolittle Method of Preventing Swarm- 

 ing. 



"Has any one tried the Doolittle 

 method of preventing swarming? 

 Also, is it practical in running for ex- 

 tracted honey in out-apiaries?" 



President York — Raise your hands, 

 those who have tried it! (One.) 



Mr. Cavanagh — I was not just sure 

 whether you said extracted or comb 

 honey. 



President York — Extracted. 



Mr. Cavanagh — I tried it with comb 

 honey, so that I could not answer that. 



Alfalfa As a Nectar- Yielder in Illinois. 



"Is there any nectar in alfalfa clover 

 in Illinois?" 



Mr. Wlhiitney — I visited an apiary at 

 Barrington last July, and the bees 

 were working on alfalfa very vigor- 

 ously. I was surprised to see them 

 working it as vigorously as they were. 



Mr. Holtermann — ^Were they storing? 



Mr. Whitney — Yes, the man who had 

 charge of a number of colonies there 

 told me he thought he could take ofC 

 a thousand pounds tttien. 



Mr. Thompson — In 1908- there was 

 alfalfa enough gathered by some col- 

 onies of mine so that the alfalfa flavor 

 was pronounced in the honey. I was 

 not looking for it; therefore, I don't 

 know where it came from, but the 

 flavor w^as' there. 



Mr. Kannenberg — I have tried it; I 

 had a little experience. I sowed some 

 alfalfa, and watdhied it patiently to see 

 if the bees would go at it, to see If 

 there was any nectar in it. I didn't 

 see five bees on that batch of alfalfa. 

 I don't think there is any alfalfa in this 

 ■part of the country. 



Mr. (Holtermann — I would say that 

 there is a small field of alfalfa near 

 us, and imy neighbors say that they 

 repeatedely saw the bees thick on it. 

 Tlhie question is, do they gather the 

 honey when they are working on it, or 

 are they simply hunting for it? 



Mr. Huffman — I will say this in re- 

 gard to alfalfa: As a rule, when it 

 first blossoms, there rs no honey In it; 

 about the time you want to make the 

 hay and cut it down, and then let it 





