Show shortage of honey cro to boost prices is opinion of state bee inspector Ins rector the shortest honey crop in the history of 0 the tadus industry try in utah will be reaped this year due to drought and the resultant lack of nectar in vege catlon and the further lack of lowers flowers according to D 11 hillman hillmar state apiarist who was in ver nal recently mr hillman estimates the crop will be not than one third and possibly not much over one fourth of the normal harvest prices are still down however hen ever but are likely to see we a substantial increase during durar the inter later because of this shortage in production As the surplus of last year la is drawn upon the price ie is sure to rise mr hulman hillman pointed out where utah normally ships out from sixty to eighty carloads per year wry very few cars will be shipped thia this year he a states tates aj as many of the honey raisers raisa ratsa are not taking their honey this year but are re leavi leaving tig it for the bees A costly lesson waa as learned by bee men of the state last list year when probably 30 20 per cent of the entire states state a bee population waa was lost through starvation in some districts as high as seener per cent 0 ok the bees were ere lost and in manah many cases ases the loss 1063 as not made up ui the spring sprin with alth the result that there ire are probably 10 fewer colonie colonies thu this year than last bees ot of the sate all haic hate sumi an fn dent clent winter tores stores to cany carry then them the n through a normal winter unless the keepers take too much out this fall mr air hillman pointed out the best insurance against a heavy vb inter loss Is abundance of well ell rip ened cried honey good wind breaks brew and sufficient packing to keep out the extreme cold precautions should also be taken to keep the bees dry the state officer stated he ile recommended that forty to sixty lourds of honey be left in each hive tor for inter teed feed to last the colony including one queen a few drones and from 40 DO 00 to SO 50 sor corkers kers until the dandelion and fruit bloom about the middle of april is U atal Uble lable while it wa was the custom in former formet years to ship the entire colonies to california and other warm climates toi tot the winter hardly any be bai are all h now as it Is possible to make up the normal inter winter losses at cheaper coet cost through the purchase of pack package ige be aws ir he spring there are about colon colonies on record in the state thi ear as compared with about 10 last year mr aft lwman stated and ac COMICS to official reports altah be awe are more free bom om deesse than bees be r any other section in the alon last year the dee d faase rate M u one and one half halt per cent and ww this fear year the ra rr e is a still lower the reported while th alv per capita espita m of honey 1 throughout oui om the nation a erwa two pounds per year utah averages a betge mew three ahre und ww four our pound and still there is much room for increase to make ue tle industry oue of importance food rod iolue analyses show that thal honey Is high in energy value and that Us its lugari sene serve as luel fuel for muscle energy it Is 13 resi ried ae As one ot of the most healthful sweet foods available |