Show bee bread for bee keepers editor clipper I 1 herewith send you a few item items s for bubli public tion which I 1 think would bo of interest to bee keepers if you vou can find room for them As previously announced the semiannual semi annual meeting meet in r of the utah beo keepers association took place in salt lake city saturday oct uth the attendance from this county however was very small aaron call of boun atif ticul ill william criddle of syracuse and myself being bein g tile the only ones one s from this county who present the reports that were made by representatives rel tives from different parts of the state went to show that the honey crop of the state was very poor when taken as a 1 whole there were however two exceptions vernal and spring ville both reported better cro crops ps than they have ever had before the prospects looked bright C last spring M for an abundant honey flow in salt lake county but smoke prevented it from being in realized ci the honey yield of davis county was represented as being even en poorer than in salt lake coun ty several counties were depre resented as having 0 foul brood effion among 0 the number were san an pete and davis counties it is to be hoped that the bee keepers will be united enough to keep that disastrous disease under control and if possible completely eradicate it in relation to the appointing g of a bee inspector for this ibis county tile the county commissioners have returned tho petition sent in last spring asking 0 for the appointment of one for more signatures za there will be no trouble to get signers as the bee keepers of bountiful farmington AT kaysville Kays ville anil and syracuse will bo be united in ill trying to head off the disease before it spreads through h the county the petition will no doubt soon be returned to the commissioners sio si ners it is too late now to do any in specking spec tins ting of bees this fall but ev grything ery thing 0 should be in readiness to commence work in real earnest in the spring hee keeping is aak hor taut industry in davis county and ev rry ry precaution should be taken to preserve it A F stevenson |