Show Utah Bees Sent on Pleasure to California Coming Home Home Apiarists Get Returns of Five to One One of Swarms 8 Deported Deported Deported De De- De- De ported to Warmer Jarmer Clime Last st Lt Fall Fal Late Season Will fil Hold Honey Price Up Indications are arc that the th honey crop this year yea will wl bo be 1 several fv rl w weeks weeke eks late Ide Like the fruit and nd a agricultural crop crops b bees been 1 have been affected In fn Utah b by the tho lateness of the season HeOn Reports r received b by J. J C. C lenaer vice Ice pre president of ot the State Ate Beekeepers Beekeepers' Bee Bee- keepers keepers' association from i counties counties cun- cun coun coun- t ties s In the state Indicate that the honey crop crp will wl not be bo r ready Nay ady for shipment until late In Jut July It I In is probable also alo that the th honey hon prices will 11 b b 5 h- h high this year owing to the thi scarce supply which Is expected Bees have been greatly depleted In Utah this year yeu an aa a a result of ot conditions Tho t lato tc cold spring has kept the bees bee from multiplying and there are arc at present fewer swarms cs t bw bees u In the state than there have ave been at at this thin date dat In several se years rears year Another source of or Injury to th the the be beo bel industry is is b the smoke from the poisonous smelters smelter Though this has haa resulted rule In dam damage e chiefly chiefly- to the Industry y In Salt Lake Le county It I has haa h. h destroyed many of ot While the lateness swarms le of the season sea son Mn has retarded d the propagation of b bees el generally throughout the state the arsenic ar ar- ar- ar In the smoke from the various smelters In this county has hM caused widespread widespread wide wide- cUle spread ad death deth to the tho tho honey makers Then The Is 11 but little Ute of at o last lut years year's honey left ot on the market so there is crop crp 01 10 there e every r indication that the demand next fall fail and winter will wil exceed e the supply and ad buyers mf may expect hl high h prices s Usually there thereIn I In Is an early hone honey crop cop hate lato In tn June or er early In July but bul with the exception of ot shipments from a a few tew scattered districts there thore will wf be no early arly stock on the tho to local markets market The beekeepers who sent Rent th their lr bees been bee to California last bust November have not only escaped d Injury from the cold season feon but they have multiplied their swarms on an average of ot five to one one That Is 18 the man who sent nt one one swarm sa of ot bees to California to t winter will wil bring back bac to Utah five swarms and In Im some cases Ces six and seven This ThIl bl big increase Is Js due directly to the I warm arm climate cUmae In California during win t ter r. r Back Bak F From m Pleasure Trip It I in is II a a. a popular but nevertheless erroneous erne erne- Qua ous opinion that tt the te b be bees s are sent to California to escape the colder winters of Utah Uh The reason for sending the to winter in a warmer climate Is II merely that they ma may Inere increase e. e The winters never brome FO so 10 coi ol cold In Utah Uth that a d depletion in tho the bee population res results The bees bee that were shipped to California Califor Califor- nia early last winter will be back in carload carloads carloads car car- loads load within two or three weeks The regular time for returning them Is about I June 1 but this year be beekeepers will wi hold une their In California Caloria two or three weeks longer because of the cool weather Utah is now experiencing Those In the industry who have shipments comInS coming corning com corn ing InS from the coast coat will 1 enjoy enjo a prosperous prosper prosper- ous seon season se as the they will wil have many more hives than they sent there and will wl not be beI I affected b by the Ule backward season N N. N E. E F. F Miller of Logan deported a a. a carload carload car car- ar- ar load of bees to California last winter but It will wl require at least five cars to bring his hives hive back to Utah Others report a n similar hs result reul from Crom the California visit Mr Ir Henager has not yet received the annual spring reports on h the hone honey crop from the county bee Inspectors but It I is Ig tom probable that tha he wl will be Informed as a to the exact exact prospect In each elch county In the near future Mr 11 himself himsel wasa was a heavy hev loser this year rear thousands 0 of of- his swarms 0 smoke soke having been killed kled by by- bythe the smelter I. I |