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Show HMwil'iln1 $ T r HP'sV if" Q Q It lias been a good season for them. About & , Mauri :''fl O aLJS' B -nf bLtsTJ' ,'300000 pounds of honey from 40,000 colo- v III '! 1 'ill X "" UTAH.. $lr nles. Greater use of honev recommended. & II ft J J! KX!X00sW0iKK CCsdOsdOOddsdOOC008C ssisl 'ill SilSI 'n' lrmJor"' ot Ulah beekeepers, H jjjl piSl under fairlv favorable co Mtlons, have ssM 'Hi' Pm enjoyed a prospe-ous btason the past ssS ' 111!) ftMl year Although In some localities, ! sB 'Im'RS.1 owing to drought nnd grasshoppers, n sLfl I 'J Lil! f'" me "blulnt-11 uut ,,tt,l! Product.' Hj 1" .l StOr "ut tellable reports received from ssi ii il"fflW noarly nil over the Htato Indlcato that I sB J 1! iB'H "10 avernKC honey flow Is equal to If j sB ! B'vf "0t ,llRher th'tn thlU of ""' othr Htate, sB uQ;i K'itf the l,eIlllllt'11 water-white honey of itu- sB rHB5 6 ftil perlor flavor is proof ot an excellent sH Lf&r'sT'rlf """ causc the greater the How tho sH nVir fl'i it ",ler thc Prduct .alwap. The bees I sH inEillh'H gather the best, hence the heavier the sH 'Ifl'lf itii'M' "ow tn nn'r wl" the honey And sB 11 l li'S l' lf "" t,ow '" "Kilt, an has been the sH if' 111 1 '! 1 cage ln mnny parts ot the country the i LasH I ' u5 165? V Pat season the product, as a lule, will I stsV' 1 ll'llvr not b0 "f thc hlgl'dt grade. Hut the HWfiK?') i reports received from near!) all parts I HI :;, 1W"I ot our own Stato agree that the flow sHlt H) : l ) un(1 tne Product were excellent LbBR) TO Ftl'f Some of our beekeepers wrote that ssBlS ',- fifl'l' 'ho ra5t sea!!n had been the most pros- 1 Ifnliaip perous that they have had ln live ears, 1 lv mi J' tho average How, an reported fiom dlf-ssBri dlf-ssBri '(ll I fcrent sections ot the State, ranging LHli i 11 Cfs'tT from fifty to "00 pounds sBlt (J. III! T,ln T0TAL PHODUCT sHTi telnii ! of tne stte, estimated from tho most ssBVi ini alf 11 liable Information obtainable, Is sH'il', I ' fl'j'.Jl about 110OC00 pounds of extracted, ssssK' I ( ill M h "eY ut "' cents, 30IIO0O pounds of ssssHTli tie fl'J'll ,nb al 1-Vii cents and CjOOO pounds of ssssHS'l l 'Jii f v jix nt 2S to Wcents sssssKV.i ';J'f;n 'il The total number of colonies of beea sssssssfti! ' 'Bit l ln th: btn,c B 'boll 4000 whkh nre ssssH Jli u'i li I'l worth about tl per colon Uintah Is sssssssllllti'illi' ' J II the lending county in number of colo- i ssssB4n!b i'! I'l n,9 vl"' between OCO md "000 'there sssssssTrlu! 13 H "ro n,anr beekeepers owning a few BBBBBBslcltll ' il 11 bcis, of which vv e have no account ssssHf ')!, IS il th'u "0,ld probnbl) make tbe total ssssssssf 4lTi t'1 II output of the State ronsldeinbl) lili.li- sssssssltl' I ! ills' I! er 'nan ,nc nbove flguies ssssssssv.'l ' i ' rrom the rcpoits that have been sent sssssBl'ii "sV:f 1" ln from different sections nf the State sssssBl r 'l-l I' frnm Prominent bcekeipeis It Is leek- SBBBBBsl il V! K ! il n"e'' ",e l'1'' "'" average over 100 sssssssl sat! 'St IJ oumls to the colony 1 sssssHt illJii II it I Utah was formerly the banner rouu- sssssssl S'iw IfS If I l '" ""-' stat for ,,le priHluttlnn of sK "jlli','l i til honej and wax Then mine Ulnluh sssV iSU ail! while ln 1'jOl I'miiy county was In the sssssH Hfl ' Hi ' a'l '" ""' blghost uveiuge per eol- ssssssssf i 1 f 'it! on But thlH vt,nn rtninh louiuj sssssH . U.'V "1 II has again come to the front with seven Hssssb PI, 'Ml i irloads or ovi 310 004 jxiunds The HsssV I IV 'i ll most dlsartreeuble feature to that greut sssssH !'l' if i'l If noiiO-produclniT section of the State Is sHH 'lilV 'J id ,hQl " H n lons dlstince from a rail- ' sssssH litSiSTll road, heme the Uintah count) bee-, !ll Tuntoll kecpeis In common wltli man) ntners lIiJiiilTi "" waiting and wishing foi the Mof- ItlWt F m' J J fai 6'rl Mne Our be keepers need MI y 'fir II 11 the shipping advantages tint the sssssssb iltT 8 ,' ? n poislbl obtain, bemuse of tho HHi riHI i 3 ' I J rcater proportion of all our bee pro HHi"iKl 5t tl du ts fhl'.cd out of Hi Htitc mop iif I Hi yii I Ml HBHHHiHHHM than that of any other nprlculturnl In-dustr) In-dustr) of the State. In nu nvernge sea son barely W i er cent ot the honey crop of the) State Is used b lion e con sumption This brings us to a point where wo I believe un cdumtlonnl write-up on the subjret, while It vvotili possibly bo of benefit to the beekeeper, would be I of much greater benefit to the con- Burner The people ot our tate. nn 1 possibly this mi be true In man nth- er fictions of our countrs do not use !S per cent of this nature's sweet as nature dinmnds they should do for ! their general health, but this docs not I apply with equil force to the people I In the rast ns It does to our own People Peo-ple it Is th") r4f,9Pl' In the Central and 1 KuHteru State that buy and urc Utah I honey they do this generally after It has passed through the hands of tho dealers, nt a prlco more than double that nt wblrh It In offered to our own people It Is like the slnr ot the prophet pro-phet being honored ever) vv hero except ln his own country. UTAH IIONCr Is known and sought for nearly all over the United Slates more than It Is nt home When wo offer thc purst white nlfalfa honey, which has few equals and no superiors, at 5 to 7 cents per pound, they often think It la adulterated adulterat-ed rspclalls if It ts granulated while our Uastern friends will pn IS tn .0 cents per pound for this honey nnd np-prei np-prei late It We sent some of this grade of honey to Omaha for exhlllllnn, nnl It was bought nt n fancy pries b peo-p'e peo-p'e from Iow, bcfoie It was put on exhibition ex-hibition Our people should use rrore hone) nnd rive It to their children; they would enjoy better health and Be doctors bills lr) It nnd see It would ecrtalnly add guatly to the health of tho present generation If honey was Irnuglit Into more gun nil use na a common artKle of diet The almost unlveisal rrnvlnr foi sweets shows a real need of the s)stcin In that direction Hut onl) ton often the excessive ex-cessive use of sugar brtnr" In Its train a long list of Ills such ns Inllgestlnn, rour stomal h dyspensla, Ilrlght's dls-titse dls-titse eti While pure hone) un prepared by tin bees uui be reiulll) digested without further t ixlng of tho st miach or ktdnv)s sugar ts not nnd onl too often the ovirmxed uimarh falls to pirfumi Its wmk hence som stomach whl i may prnduie other troubles Hut j honey tho delliatily flavored ptoduct or tin hive Is good fiod and good medicine medi-cine No artkle of food ts more delicious de-licious th in hone) and none Is more benefit lnl to the system, It purllles tho blool and iparts health and vigorous ph)sleal .Ion It Is nature's sweet, ready for -e nnd ns n breakfast meal or taken with cream nothing la more !e!l Ions and both old nnd )Ounc will c v tt ' ' jus Our peo- ! pie need Information In regard to pure honey ns an article of food Take our own puio white lucern or alfalfa hone), there ts none superior nnd very little equal to It, and whether In lis liquid or granulated form It Is abinlutely pure Not onlv it la not ndulte-ited In Its 'lanulatrd fotm, but the whiter It Is the more suie Is the ttst of its purlt It Is equally as good for the human system In Its Haul 1 form and there enn be no mistake In Its uo In cither ca"e wiNTnrtiNa iiik enumies. firliii winter Is with us now ond where nny colonics nre short of either I bees or honev but little can be dono I now to help mattery unless It wi ro poi. I ellile to double them up, and this r.in haidly be done In very told wonthei. Hut one thing can be done even now to ' prevent the smothering of the bees with damp, foul nlrs Many of our btckeep- , crs have sufferel serious loss from this cause In timen past, and we hear Hint ln some localities some of the bees are dying from the same cause now It Is not strange that some of our beekeepers kill their bees nearly every winter by kindness. In their efforts to se them they clofce them down tightly, warm and good, n they think, but when tno very low tcmpraturo strikes them that may confine them In the hlvn far a long prrlol, the Interior of the hive will become damp and then moldy, and the air will become bo foul thst tho bees will not have strength enough to seek their doits and they will die In tho ilustr. of starvation Urder those conditions It matters but ll'tle how much honey there may bo In the hive, or how near It la to the cluster, clus-ter, the beta will smi ther nnd die Juit the B.ame and ns a rule the stronger the colony the quicker they will die . In fact, while the bees nre confined In the hive during Ihe winter months thy do better with plent) nf fresh nlr even If they have no protection than they will If sealed down nlr tight A case In point Of two of our beekeepers, ono was fetermlned to fnvo his bees and one was determined to kill two colonies colo-nies so that he coi 'd take the honey out without fear of being ntung They both failed The first bad ovpr siventy colonies which ho packed with five to, six Inches of sawdust around under and ovr them leaving onl tho entrance en-trance open When ho nrened them In tho spring nil wire deal -xeept ono that was broken up and exiwsed with stock and Ihe interior of Ihe hives were damp nnd green with mould Tho other man turned the two hives over on their side nnd expoied the bees by removing the covers and not only they refused tn die but he declared that In tho spring tho two wore the strong-eit strong-eit and most vigorous colonies In the nrd Now, we would advise our beekeepers, If the) think nn thing of their lieea, I and If they are In the con- ( dltlon that I lavs named, to at least open them up so that the) , will not smother While outside pack- I Ing Is good, remember the grand secret 1, If )ou would winter )our beea sue- , cesifull), tie) must be kept dry, and this can only be accomplished t" sufficient suf-ficient ventilation to absorb all moisture mois-ture Of course vcr) weak colonies may die under nu) condition but a strong colon) of bees with plenty ot stores will not freeze lf the) ar kept dr. i ln regard to bee enemies, the only enemle to the bee In winter time are mUe, and they ian bo kept out ot tho hive with pioper caie A liberal use of I screen wiic nailed over nil cracks will . keep them out and save the bees GtUBSIIOPFUIlS We advocated last ear the raising of turkeys and chickens for the destruction de-struction of this pest by the building of poitnble coops which can be place 1 I at an) part oi the field If this plan Is adopted early In th spring when the lioprers l.rt hatch out the fowls will destroy vast quantltl of the dread "est Wo have seen reports from localities where this method has been thoroughly adopted and the results re-sults have been very gratlf)lng In some Instances ihe pest Ins been en-tlrol) en-tlrol) destro)ed. We hope If II ere Is any locality where the hoppers are troublesome In the coining spring lint our beekeepers nnd farmers v HI adopt this plan vigorously 'there la no risk or loss sustained In trying It, as ahldo from tho benefits derived by the destruction de-struction of tho pests, tho fowls will be a pi) Ing Invectment lf properly managed. While turkes will destro) Immense quantities of tho Insects at nny stage, chickens will not do as godd work after the hoppeis nre full gronn 12 s Lovnsv I'rebldent Utah Ueekcopers Association |