Show THEUTAIIEEP S Two Sessions of the State Association Asso-ciation Yesterday PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO SECURE SEEDED PIIOTECTIpX AGA1XST FOUL JJ1tOOD 4 An Address by President loveiy Closer Union of Interests Xecded How IJee Keepers JujiirQ the In dnHtrj A Dill Proposed for Pre Nentntlon to the Legislature Organist ti Bee Keepers Exchange The Utah Beekeepers association nssociauon held a meeting at the joint city and county building yesterday morning and evening and discussed principally methods of securing much needed protection pro-tection against foul brood Some thirty or forty beekeepers from different parts of the state were present all taking active part in the discussions PRESIDENT LOVESYS ADDRESS President Lovesy opened the discussion discus-sion by pointing out that honey was being sold too cheap Many counties coun-ties were shipping honey to Salt Lake and selling it for less than wholesale prices Continuing President Lovesy said that a closer union of interests upon all matters pertaining to thebee industry was one of the main things needed among our beekeepers Relative Rela-tive to marketing our products ho said that after much agitation the railroads rail-roads were more liberal than they had been and if this policy Is continued we may be able to ship our honey and compete with all parts of the country But in spite of all other ad vantages he found that some of the beekeepers take a course to Injure themselves and the bee industry at large by rushing their honey and wax on the market at any price actually peddling it for less money than they could sell It for at their homes to wholesaers There cant be any wisdom wis-dom in a course of this kind A foul brood law is needed The bee industry In Utah is sadly in need of a good foul brood law for the protection of our bee industry which is a growing one and it is bringing considerable money into the state and it is all the time on the increase and for this and other reasons rea-sons it should be encouraged by dur legislators to the extent at least of protecting the bees against contagious diseases We believe that the beekeepers bee-keepers here present should frame or pass upon some good measure that can be made effective and have it presented pre-sented In due and proper form to Our next legislators FOUL BROOD At the conclusion of the presidents address the discussion of a bill Which will be introduced at the next session of the legislature was taken up At the request of several beekeepers County Attorney Whittemore had prepared a draft for a bill which was taken up The proposed act reads as follows Section iIt shall be the duty of the county commissioners of each county to appoint from among the bee keepers In the county one or more suitable persons as inspector of bees and they shall report re-port annually every Item of interest to their respective county commissioners Sec 2The inspector shall annually report to the president or secretary of the 1 Utah State Beekeepers association the names of all beekeepers and number of I hives of bees owned by each In their re i spectlvo districts at the time of their inspection in-spection I Sec 3 These inspectors shall bo ap i pointed biennially via on the first Monday Mon-day in March of each alternate year or at the first regular sitting of the court thereafter and shall perform the dutes of bee inspector for two years and until th m lstnl snl fled Said inspectors shall qualify by taking and subscribing an official oath and giving bonds with sureties to be approved ap-proved by their respective county courts Sec 4In determining the fitness of a person to fill the position of inspector the court shall consider the wishes of thr County Beekeepers association or providing pro-viding there is ro asses atlon in the county coun-ty the petition of ten or more beekeeptu of said county endorsed by the state Beekeepers Bee-keepers association shall bo considered for such appointments Sec 5it shall be the duty of the inSpector in-spector to visit nil th ° himes of be his county or dstr ct at If alt once a year and at any time upon the ccmiai t i any b = e owner that the dlpense Ifncwn afoul a-foul brood exists among the bees of any person whether owner or custodian custod-ian It shall bo the duty of the inspector to whom the complaint is made to Immediately Im-mediately inspect the bees said to be thug infected < aru if retch inspector firdfj that foul brood does exist among such bees said Inspector shall pmeuiatPiy take charge and control of them and give them i I proper treatment for the cure cS the dIr J ce or he may destroy such portions of the bees and brood and of the hives as may be necessary PovfTwl n iig ti owji r hvt awe doubt about his bees beIng affected and oojecta 10 their edna sprayed as iri this act provided then such fact shall be determined by arbitration the said inspector choosing one arbitrator the owner of the bees another and they two a third who shall itnmmliateljr inspect swch bees and determine whether or not tvo bce en Insrwvtpfl arc diseaSed Any beekeeper may require the inspector to thoroughly clean his tools or ho may furnish fur-nish the tools neces = ary and assist the inspector in-spector in tho inspection of his bees I Sec 6If any person shall in air I way obstruct by threats of violence or In I any other manner or prohibit or prevent I a duly appointed bee inspector from inspecting in-specting taking charge of treating or destroying de-stroying bees as provdel In this act thr person so doing shall be gully of a misdemeanor mis-demeanor Sec 7 To provide for the prosecution of the duties of bee inspector under tbu act the county courts are hereby authcr iced to and shall appropriate out of tlc funds of the county me sum of the dollars 300 per day for the time the 1 i spector is actually employed In the performance per-formance of Ws duties provide1 thaf in no case shall the compensation of the Inspector exceed in any year the dim atone at-one hundred and fifty dollars nOfu and no extra charge shall be allowed for traveling or other expenses Sec 8A tax of not to exceed fv cents 5 cents per colony is hereby levc J each year jipon every colony of bees in each of the counties of this state arj the assessor of each county Is hereby r quired to assess to the owner thrcf every colony of bees in his county in t i same manner as other assessments are made Sold tax shall be collected In th came manner as Is now provided by law for the collection and payment of othr county taxes and when FO collected SI become a part of the funds of the county Sec 0This act shall take effect up > n approval i j A DISCUSSION ilr Brown of Taylorsville wanted to know if such a law would not be clase legislation He believed bees should be assessed just the same as other property President Lovesy defended the proposed pro-posed act contending there should tie > a special tax on bees George Hone of Utah county saw no need of a bee inspector He had 300 colonies he said and they had not seen an inspector for years still they were in a very good condition i Bullock of Cache county thought differently dif-ferently A bee inspector was just what was needed After a talk by William Cornwall of I i Butterville on the curing of foul brood I the bill as proposed with a few slight amendments which are embodied In the above copy was adopted and the j meeting was adjourned until 5 oclock in the afternoon EVENING SESSION At the evening session there was along a-long and interesting debate over the necessity of organizing a beekeepers exchange and this matter was finally referred to the executive committee to report at the spring meeting < l |