Show PR 1 Of 01 HONEY IN UTAH IS INCREASING Reports on Progress of Business Are Made to I I Beekeepers at Big Conj ConI Con Con- I j Held at the the Utah Otah I The honey producing industry w which h is carried on In every very county I In the state except Rich Summit and andI I Daggett has m materially increased in iii inI j the past three years although the I pr production l last st year showed a decided decrease under that for 1920 accordIng according according accord accord- I ing to D. D H. H H Hillman an state Inspector inspect r I of apiaries who spoke before the J i members of ot the Utah State Beekeepers Beekeepers' Beekeepers Beekeepers' Beekeepers Beekeepers' Bee Bee- keepers' keepers as association tion in annual session today at the the Hotel Utah Utah- During During 1921 there were colonies ol at b bees es owned by 1395 individuals and companies in the stated state tate while there is easily room for for colonies without overstocking said Mr Hillman The honey oney produced ed edin in the state last year y ar aron on amounted to pounds indicating an n Increase of ot more than pounds over 1919 I but a decrease of at about under 1920 which yielded heaviest ot of any year in the history of the industry industry industry indus indus- try In Utah Tooele county with colonies of at bees averaging pounds per colon colony pr produced the most honey of any individual county Duchesne county count was was accredited by Mr Hillman with having the greatest number of ot colonies which totaled and averaged sixty pounds pounds' per colony during dUling 1921 GREATER COOPERATION Frank Frank R of ol Denver Colo Cola member of the executive committee of I the American Honey Producers Producers' league llague urged beekeepers to greater cooperation and definite working out I of ot a marketing plan for comb honey producers During the past six months there has been beep a marked de decrease decrease decrease de- de crease in the use of ot comb honey throughout the country he said This condition has been brought I about largely because of ot the financial stringency resulting in the refusal ot of I loans Joans to jobbers handling comb honey They in turn d decided to cease handling handling han hart honey In this form and sold only the bottled goods Honey producers cons considering dering a change from extracted honey hone to comb honey in the marketing plans were warned against It without careful cons consideration The advantages of ot aluminum comb were emphasized by E. E B. B Le Stour- Stour geon of Tan Antonio Tex president of the national organization He a group of California men who consistently endeavored to discredit discredit discredit dis dis- dis- dis credit the use of metal comb due to the fact that they were promoters or ma of at another type The chief chiet objection registered by the Californians to the metal comb was that the brightness of the metal was wasso wasso wasso so attractive to the queen bee that she laid so many eggs the honey bees could not possibly feed the young resulting ultimately In destruction of the entire colony colon S I FAVORS ALUMINUM Mr Le on declared the aluminum comb good for practically any purpose as the other types except when new New metal comb combIs Is not good for brood comb or to winter bees upon he said After a reasonable amount of at usage sage however the metal comb is as good for these purposes in la the industry as any other The afternoon session of ot the convention convention convention con con- was was given over principally to the election of officers and routine business matters preparatory to beginning begInning beginning be be- ginning another year ear of activity With a banquet tend tendered red to the delegates of the American Honey Producers' Producers league by the members atthe of at the Utah Beekeepers' Beekeepers association Tuesday night at the tho Hotel Utah the third annual convention closed Owing to a la lack k of attendance the regular annual election was not held and the the present officers will serve until their successors are appointed by the executive committee St. St Louis Mo was selected for forI I holding the 1923 annual convention January was agreed ed upon as being I the most convenient month of at the I year for members to absent themI themselves themselves them them- I selves from th their ir work so it was f chosen as the time for tor holding the next convention The exact date will willbe willbe be set by th the executive committee I and members notified individually through the mails |