Show I BEEKEEPERS CONVENTION SAT LAKE Crrr April 9 81 Editors Herald The territorial beekeepers convention conven-tion convened at the Council House April 4th The meeting was called i t order bv President A Musser and prayer offered by Mr George Morris Mr Horace Drake said that ho went into winter quarters with thirtysix swarms of bees he had wintered on summer stands and aU were alive and in good condition at this time Ho saw young bees around his stands in February He thought one bee inspector was not sufficient t accomplish the work of I Salt Lake County a there was a large amount of foul brood in this county f W M Egan had wintered ten stands of bees successfully in chaff hives the winter before last and during last summer Iia4 increased them t twentyeight swarms and hal taken 800 pounds of honey and had I number of full frames of honey on hand at this time He found no trouble in wintering his bees in chaff hives The outside hive or box should be about four inches larger every way than the inside hive and packed with chaff Had been troubled with foul brood which he had destroyed by mrnimr and was now free from the contagion Ho found the best way to increase his colonies was to take the queen from a good healthy improved im-proved stock of bees and after the queen cells are formed just before hatching divide the nuclei He found it very necessary t have upper ventilation placing a piece of cloth or carpet on the top of the frames In such hives he found fewer dead bees than in others not so protected President W D Roberts of Provo I Utah County said he had nine strong I and four weak swarms last spring I but had increased them to thirty I two swarms had lost one colony by f foul brood which he had destroyed by burning also one weak one had died The bees at present are all in good condition He had wintered on summer stands The top of one hive was knocked off and was quite I open yet had wintered well The I yield of honey was not a good I a last year in Utah County He thought some amendments were necessary in the laws pertaining to the inspectors oflice The future prospect of bees i Utah County I were good although some foul rood was reported Bishop Madsen of Gunnison San I pete > County informs me that the 1 bee > inspector of Moroni the same county had visited Gunnison and found all of their bees in a healthy condition and felt encouraged in the bee enterpriso S John Ellison of Davis County hatl l used his influence to get three bee inspectors appointed in that county Some of them had not done 1 their duty in districts Ninety hives of bees were condemned for foul I rood and buried a the best mode of destroying them I was deter I liued to rid their district of the 1 pest as from their past experience without so doing there would bo no 1 success He had a start of ten swans last spring and now had I twentysix in good condition Bees had done well and the prospects I were very good for an abundant yield of honey this season Reports were read from Pleasant Grove Utah County Tooele County and Kaysvillc Davis County Pleas ant Grove has forty beekeepers and 2 JO stands of bees no foul brood but had destroyed one foul brood S hive Tooele County has twentyfive beekeeper 125 stands of bees no foul brood and good prospects Davis County Joseph Egbert in I I pector reports 300 swarms of bees in his district Kaysville and ninety five destroyed having been con emned for foul brood He buried the hives as the best mode of destroying de-stroying them He had about fifty swarms in good condition Edward Stevenson Salt Lake County reported that eleven hives in one of his aparies had increased creased to twentyfive colonies and taken 5 0 pounds of honey from them He preferred keeping his bees > in different localities on account count of so much foul brood Head He-ad destroyed S250 in hives and bees although not all belonged to himself all of which was caused by foul brood In Mill Creek dis trict he had taken over 5000 I pounds > of honey in 1880 some of this however was from his neighbors bees His bees were in good condition I summer stands he used the two story Kidder hive The present winter had been very favorable and bees universally had cone well in the entire territory He thought was not safe t winter on summer stands unprotected a have some cold springs then the mortality among bees would beery be-ery severe Saw drones of young bees this last February 4th in his Cottonwood apiary Foul brood was not by any means subdued this count one inspector being iu sufficient Mr George Luff had taken out 1500 pounds of honey which he had sold at 15c wholesale and 20c retail He had twelve swarms and last spring increased them to sixteen He wintered ten in chaff hives and found less dead bees carried out of them than those not so protected He should put all of his in chaff hives Secretary T W Lee of Tooele Count had visited most of the bee keepers in Tooele County They had no bee inspector in that county and he knew of no foul brood there From one hive he had icreased to four and taken 112 pound of honey Bees had wint red well this open winter on summer sum-mer stands President Musser said that we had enjoyed a very good and interesting leeting We should make our leetintrs short and interesting I anyone could suggest anything by inviting or otherwise that would induce better attendance he should b pleased I we can succeed in vercoming foul brood we should succeed and make Utah a excellent bee district Messrs Egan Judson and McKay were elected a committee to get up blank certificates to be distributed to the different associations to be fled up and returned to the parent association Salt Lake City The meeting adjourned t meet at the Council House July Oth 1881 at 7 oclock in the evening I was moved and seconded that the minutes be presented to the SALT LAKE HERALD and Deseret Evening News Benediction by President Musser EDWD STEVENSON Secy |