Show UTAUS BEES Editor Tribune Tho year 1900 maybe may-be reckoned a a poor year for the bee ndustry i In our State While several counties report l fairly good yield of i h loney and some localities report p good I crop and C few favored ones report the biggest crop of honey that they have ever produced yet when we consider the aggregate reports from nearly all parts of tho State we find the average usual While considerably lower than hle conditions In 1899 and 1900 were directly direct-ly l the opposite neither can be considered consid-ered an average season The spring ot 1899 was wet cold and very late and In J colonies died off some localities many 00 with what localte known as spring I dwind h ing later on as a rule the honey flow lng lie bees from the good but was Ctoo weak lo gather too c auses named were wealt i t ItThlS season the spring was early warm and pleasnt the bees built up p S 1 t4 S K I I B S Lovesy President of tho Utah Beekeepers Association rapidly and for those of our beekeep ers who were for lunate enough to bc I located where there was an abundance of irrigation water as a mlo the bees did well These were the localities that I sent In the big reports some of them running into the hundreds the highest averaging about 300 pounds These re ports came from Uintah Carbon Cache Weber Wasalch and a few other places But from many parts of the central and southern parts of tho State owing to drought and grasshop pers they did not do as well as a rule Jn many parts of what has been considered con-sidered the best honey localities this season owing to the causes named the honey flow has been very light Where the bees were strong they gathered but little honey as through the lack of rain and irrigation water many of the honeyproducing plants dried up to make the matter worse in many locali local ties large swarms of grasshoppers devoured de-voured the little bloom that was loft lef And while we received a few good reports I I ports from FAVORED SPOTS In the drought districts the reports asa as-a rule averaged from nothing to about sixty pounds But as the old adage goes it is never so bad but It might be worse so about the time the hoppers were at their worst and many of the beekeepers were more or less discouraged discour-aged many thousands of gulls came frbm 00 the islands in the lake and I devoured the hoppers by the wholesale in portions of Davis Salt Lake and Utah counties so that the bees anr rule in those districts were able to build up on late blooms so that they m4uJ Gt J aro in pretty fair condition for winter This drought question developed some conditions In regard to honey producing plants that fire worth considering con-sidering In the first place while very heavy rains will wash the greater portion por-tion of the nectar out of nearly all honeyproducing plants n drought will also prevent its secretion thus wo found that sweet clover as a rule and lucerne in some Instances produced very little honey The bees did not appear to work on sweet clover only on water courses where the water was continually running run-ning On the other hand dome or Rocky mountain honey if the soil Is moderately damp will sometimes produce pro-duce considerable honcyl I grew the sweet clover and the Rocky mountain plant this season side by side and while I never saw a bee on the clover for six weeks they worked continuously on the Rocky mountain plant I often saw from five to twentyfive bees none n-one plant In the forenoon We also found this to bc the only honey plant of note that the grasshoppers would not eat eat Now while there are many good honey plants unfortunately many of them cannot be obtained in sufficient quantities Under favorabjo conditions condi-tions catnip is one of the best but for honey flow and quantity combined fow we think lucerne heads the list In our State We hope to see the oldtime honey flow again the coming season The Indications are certainly more favorable fa-vorable as there is much more snow In the his which will produce more moisture and more bloom and we hope better returns RETURNS OF THE YEAR The returns so far from the greater portion of the State foot up about 2100 000 pounds and from the best Information Informa-tion obtainable if we had full relurns from alt parts of the Stale the total would Qossibly be about 300000 pounds higher Of the 2100000 pounds we have about 150000 pounds comb and some 1650000 pounds of extracted The comb is worth about 1 cents per pound and the extracted about 7 cents The comb came mostly from Utah Wa satch reber Davis and Salt Lake and some from Cache and Box Elder The extracted honey came from nearly all over the State Unltah county leadIng lead-Ing with nearly 500000 pounds the aggregate ag-gregate of some twenty of the principle princi-ple beekeepers being 31SJOO pounds Upon Inquiry we find that 3 large amount of honey has been handled by the many dealers of this city One firm that we called on handled over 50000 pounds of comb and 300000 pounds of extracted Wo also vlsitcd n few boo kecpers In the more fortunate localities who made from JOOO to 1500 which Is not so bad for a poor year A WORD OF WARNING Wo wish to caution the beekeepers that if we have a prosperous season I the coining year if I we would succeed we must have our bees strong and free from disease If we do not it makes but I I little difference how good the honev flow is for if the bees are nol strong they will not do much I One of the timely considerations now Is how to successfully save the bees through the winter They should have all the protection possible but they I I must have sufficient upward Ito I-to keep the bees and combs dry for If the hives arcclosed down air tight the bees will sweat and when they are confined in the hive with cold weather I the little nIl In the hive will become foul which in time will make the bees iso I i-so weak that they cannot leave the cluster to seek their stores and they will surely die under these conditions i Hence no protection would be preferable prefer-able to thus smothing the bees to death and leaving the combs and frames damp and moldy BEE ENEMIES Much loss has been sustained from this cause the past few years especially I by wasps and ants they kill the bees or so weaken them that they are not strong enough to survive the winter We have received mulch complaint of loss of bees from this wasp pest By mixing equal parts of honey and vinegar vine-gar anI if set out in pans during n honey flow the bees will not be attracted I at-tracted to it but the wasps will and I most of them can be caught SMELTER SMOKE This poisonous smoke has been very destructive to the bee Industry What i was formerly the best pat of tills county Is now utterly worthless Many of our beekeepers having a hundred or = n more colonies now have not a colony left Any bees placed within three to live miles east aouthr > t and northeast north-east always die off in from one to three months according to distance and conditions con-ditions Our beekeepers have been very persistent and determined not to glvo up If possible because of the good reputation repu-tation of this location for it good hom y flow so they try again with but little encouragement though with all their I i I efforts conditions seem to b getting I I worse Instead ot better Last spring lover i forty colonies of bees were placed I j I about four miles from tho smelter and It they died off In great numbers then I I half of them were moved out of the range of the smoke for a week they I I 1 died off In great numbers but as the young bees hatched they built up all right while those not moved soon died off From the best Information obtainable ob-tainable we find that the bees are destroyed de-stroyed by the settlings of the srnoke upon the bloom thus i the bees are In tho path or line of the smoke or If there is little or no rain to wash the poison off they soon all die Now It is claimed that by the use of smoke I consumers much of this destruction can be avoided and as farmers arid others I are suffering from the same trouble should not some effort be made to give I i i the necessary relief Keep the bee free from disease As the law for the protection of our be sIs I s-Is not In universal force throughout Slate we would like to see a united I I effort made In that direction our bee kecpers should take a deep Interest In this mate for their own benefit There has been considerable trouble and loss < through a lack of effort In this matter j I Now AVC will do our part If we get U I little aid from i few interested beekeepers I bee-keepers in distributing Information ns I I to the best and quickest method of din l i covering curing and preventing din J case among our bees To this end we amonS desire the address of every Inspector I beekeepers In the State and also of all interested t SPRAYING i Many of our beekeepers still claim I > I that spraying kills I their bees I IH I hard to conceive how this could kill the I bees only In cases of spraying on the bloom This spraying question should I be improved upon It is anything but uptodate and should be changed for something better When we consider I the great effort and expense which only destroy from 5 to 10 per cent of the tiny larvae any one can see that it never J I will be a success I we spray It should I be with a sticky substance that will j destroy lie moth and the fullgrown larvae as they crawl out of the fruit I 1 They can also be caught with open I canvas lanterns covered with a sticky I substance that will not easily dry The Horticultural board or our beekeepers who are nearly all fruitgrowers should study up this I subject Should not the the Government aid the wealthpro ducers in this matter as I have heard it is done in Australia to some extent E S LOVESY I Salt Lake City Utah Il I I Tho Bee in Dixie Sl George Dec 21 Nowhere in Utah can be found a more natural home for 101 I the honey bee than In southern Utah more especially In the southern part of Washington county The honey reason extends from February to November No-vember Spring opening very early and sudden everything is in full bloom in Dixie while the major portion of the State is in the grasp of winter and extends until the last of November The natural I food of the honey bee grows everywhere The wild clover covers the country while alfalfa is i grown over the whole county four and S five cutting being put away hence a succession of honey blossoms the whole year The yield is simply enormous in proportion to the care and expense of raising and a handsome revenue is tho result of the industry The honey h taken out about six times a season I yielding an average of about seventy live pounds a year to the hive The I llw risk of losing hives during the winter I months is far below the average COn paring the loss with northern beekeep I ers A loss of from one to three per lOt hives Is I a fair estimate of the risk from L wintering them and the winter months I are usually very mid A local market II Is secured among the mining camps for the major portion of the product at a good price from 6 to 8 cents 0 pound I according to tho condition It Is put up I I Dixie has a l ideal climate and the I conditions are almost perfect for the bee industry J S S I 42P < d T A4 il I I I dk = = f 4 St Marks Hospital St Mark hospital WtUI first established estab-lished In 1S7L being at that time the first in the State I has always been a powerful factor for good In this community com-munity and f blessing to the people of the entire IntermountaIn region In the autumn of 1833 It was moved Into the large handsome brick and stono structure now occupied I Is most pleasantly situated at the gates of Iho l city on the north commanding n beau tiftil view of the surrounding mountains moun-tains valley and lake On th < yirHt I HOOt are the apartments of the Hupfnintend ent resident physicians suusylimond ent of the training school for nurses receptionroom diningroom I and drug room On the second and third tloorn aro private rooms mid several small wards Tim Hamilton wing was opened In 1S97 I Is a large fourstory build lug connected with the main building by glass passageways In thlH building are located the various waid chapel and nurses quarters 1a fly religious services are held in the chapel for tho benefit of the convalescing Inmates with an extra service on the Sabbath The growth of patronage of this lion pita In the past few years has been little less than phenomenal In 1395 there were cared for 181 patients in 1S96 oS2 in 1S97 771 In 1S9S 1031 In 1899 1158 and during the lost fiscal year ending May 31 1900 there were 1362 Private patients of members of the hospital staff arc admitted Into private pri-vate rooms at 15 and 20 per week I and Into the wards at 10 pet week These prices are exclusive of tho physl clans services Regular subscribers arc admitted In ticket and arc treated by the staff Some are sent by the city and others by the county and these are treated by the City or County Physician J Physi-cian as the case may be Many of tho I large mines and all the prominent rnll J roads here have arrangements with thii j I hospital whereby they sent injured employees em-ployees fOI treatment The hospital I has also done considerable charitable I work during the year over 100 pat enl3 i having received free treatment whilrhL I fact certajnlv entitles It to a place on I I the honor roll mi a charitable Innlilu i lon A resolution was recently passed giving to individual association I slng any 111vichml or mosoeuUOll I the privilege of nominating a pall ° nt I for n bed in one of the wards and may name the bed on the payment of 3000 300 J I as n permanent fund or 300 per annum II I num The hospital received a handsome hand-some endowment of SIOOO from Mr I Aaron Keysor There Is still a highly overcrowded condition i at the hospital and Is likely to continue until another annex Is erected which Improvement I may possibly be made this year I TIle medical and surgical stare are as follows Dr F S Bascom Medical Director I Di-rector and Gynecologist A S Bower I I r D Diseases of Children Obstetri I clan S H Pinkerton M Do Surgeon f I I Worthlngton f D Associate Stir 1 goon A t C Ewing M D Physician T F Critehlow M D AssocIate Ii CltchIQw J Amocat Physician Physi-cian G B Pfoutz M D Oculist and Aurlst A C Behle1 D Gcnltn Urlnnry Diseases 11 C Dcane M D Resident Physician J C Landen bcrgcr M D Junior Resident Physician Physi-cian All of the staff are noted ns physicians phy-sicians of special ability and training and when provided with every convenience con-venience and facility that ingenuity can devise and nfoney procure It Is not putting the standard too high to say If there is any possible chance left for a suffering human life it is to be found at the St Marks flospital The Supet Inlcndent is the Rev D Douglas Val < lace I |