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68 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
tive Committee, so that there will be no double action—^no two
cards sent to one man ; it will save money.
Mr. Bowen—It wouldn't make any difference if a man
gets 2 or 3 notices.
Mr. Poindexter—In
speaking about increasing the membership
of this Association, I think it would be advisable to
adopt the same rule as other State organizations, and move
around in different parts of the State. Other State association.)
If not, we forfeit our Charter.
Mr. Stone—I suppose we can hold as many meetings as
we like throughout the State, but the annual meeting for the
election of officers must be at Springfield, in the County of
Sangamon, and State of Illinois. (See Articles of Incorporation).
If not, we forfeit our Charter.
Pres. Smith—A bee keeper of East St. Louis wrote me there
were bees in East St. Louis that were infected with foul brood,
and wanted me to come down and do something with them.
I told him I couldn't do an3^hing more than he could. It
was late in the season—too late to transfer the bees for treatment.
They were sold to a widow and the widow died, and
they were advertised for sale and were sold then to a certain
party, knowing them diseased, and the party had paid a deposit
on them, but a friend of this party sent to him, saying, those
bees are diseased, so he writes to Mr. Offgate to come and
examine them, which he did, and found them to be in a bad
condition, so the party refused to take them and Mr. F.
paid the money back. Then Mr. wrote to me to come
and do something. I couldn't just then, and on account of
the lateness of the season, I told him it was best for him and
the other bee-keepers to notify the public that the bees were
diseased, and not to dispose of the honey at a minimum price
and that this Association would if they could not, sell the
hives if they were cleaned up. I would try to reimburse
them for what they were out for their work. The bees were
sold and they bought them. There is a neighbor of Mr. F.
now in the business, tells me he knows his bees are diseased,
because there was an apiary of 13 colonies on a line fence near
his farm, and he said they are all diseased. Mr. F. went
there and took the brood-combs out to fix up for nuclei;
shook them out, and a certain man said he sold $200 worth of
bees that were infected. Now, what can we do in such cases
without a compulsory law for our defense?
Mr. Becker^Mr. Smith inspected in East St. Louis, in
•Madison and St. Clair Counties, inspected 300 or 400 colonies
in East St. Louis, and there was no foul brood except one
case outside of East St. Louis. I found these people that he
spoke about as soon as I got to East St. Louis. They iVanted
to know if he had been to Mr. M's. One of the parties sent
word that he was not at home, but his son was home, and
for me to inspect the bees. I went at it the first place, one
of the first colonies I examined I saw the condition of the
combs and saw they had foul brood. They were all diseased.
I went to the other party. He had about 25 colonies and they
were all in the same condition, getting considerable honey in
the month of September; so the next day I went over to M's.