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suit is we have the law. And there don't seem to be any 

 reason why the Association should not have this money ap- 

 propriation every year as long as they choose to ask for it. 



Mr. Starkey — I would like to know if any arrangements 

 or provisions have been made for the members of the bee- 

 keepers' association to get copies of that law or enactment? 



Pres. York — It was published in the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Mr. Smith — I will just state that a great many bee- 

 keepers think that there is a compulsory clause, and^there 

 is not. It simply says : "To be used by the Association for 

 the extermination of foul brood." Of course, if a man has 

 foul brood in his apiary we can go there and tell him so, but 

 we can't make him clean it up unless he chooses so to do. 

 What we would like when the next legislature meets , is to 

 have a compulsory clause, so we could do something with 

 the people who are notified that their bees have foul brood 

 and will not clean it up. In my last fall's experience in going 

 over the State, I found people paying no attention to it at 

 all. Some people's bees had it and they were cleaning up 

 their bees but their neighbors across the lots had it and 

 wouldn't do anything. Now there is where the trouble comes 

 in, and at the next legislature we propose to have an act 

 submitted, and we would like the co-operation of this Asso- 

 ciation to get that passed, because that will be the only way 

 by which we can get relief in the proper way. 



Mr. Moore — Have any bee-keepers having diseased bees 

 refused to let you examine them? 



Mr. Smith — No, sir ; but some might. We would like 

 soon to have a law s© that the foul brood inspector can go 

 there and demand the right to inspect all their bees. I guess 

 Mr. France knows something about that. 



Mr. Moore — Did you ever suggest to them that there 

 was a way that they could be got at; that they were harbor- 

 ing a disease? 



Mr. Smith — They want to know the law right away. I 

 haven't any law. The first question is. Have you a law? If 

 so, I want to see it. 



Dr. Miller — I am exceedingly thankful for the appropria- 

 tion, but the truth is we haven't any foul brood law. There 

 is an appropriation for the State Association, but we haven't 

 anything in the shape of a foul brood law in the 'State, and 

 we need one. I would like to ask Mr. France how much he 

 thinks he would be helped in the matter ; how much difiference 

 would it make in your work in the State whether you go 

 with the law back of you, or simply with enough money back 

 of you to bear expenses? 



Mr. France — I would feel like resigning my work. I go 

 to A; his bees have foul brood. He is glad to take care of 

 it. B, C and D have a few bees and they don't care, and 

 they are not going to take care of it. Now in Mr. Smith's 

 position he has no authority, and it is pretty bad. It doesn't 

 make any difference whether one colony or loo colonies have 



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