| Show T BEE association the deseret bee asso Asao association met at the ward school rooms on F saturday at 10 the bylaws by laws drawn up by the directors of the association were read by sections and aua after a few amenda amendments i ants unanimously adopted W D roberts stated that he believed that there were swarms of bees within the basin A M musser thought that 2000 swarms werd wera owned by the people of the entire territory and that they were multiplying rapidly in view of the valuable services rendering the citizens of deseret in fostering and advancing their material interests by the following gentlemen on motion of A M musser their names were unanimously enrolled honorary members of this association presidents B young G A smith D H wells elders 0 hyde 0 pratt sen ben J taylor W woodruff 0 0 rich riche eiche E snow if snow F D richards geo Q cannon B young jr J F smith A carrington and bp E hunter on motion of W D Bo Ro roberta roberla berus berua the names of the officers of the north american bee association were also enrolled as honorary members M thurston stated that he had partly made arrangements to import two hundred swarms of italian bees as pure as could be obtained either east or west and he be thought he could sell them here tit at 13 in the harbison Harb lson ison hive payment on delivery 0 merkley M thurston and others thought the harbison Harbi aon son hivo hive almost worthless W D roberts did not think the pure ur italian bee could be obtained in californi california fornia la and his experience taught him that bees froma warm climate would not do as well when brought to a colder climate bees brought from a cold climate or at least a climate similar to our own would do much better here M thurston stated that the bees he was abut ab to get from california were Italiani zed last summer he bald said in relation to the black bee he saw a letter on friday from the east stating that the black bees could be furnished at the cars east for less lebs than 10 hybrid 15 italian 20 the freight would amount to 3 or 4 john pack did not consider himself a bee man but he could not see what difference ce it made whether we imported the black or whit eif elf as he was informed the life of a bee was but a very short shori one f and end they were so easily Italiani zed by Intro introducing ducine an italian queen E H putnam considered the great secret of getting good healthy bees wag was tha the manner in which they were put up for transportation jf if the queen bee became heated in transportation and when put down was exposed to c cold coid 0 id storms she was unfit for brooding ho he could see no reason why bees brought from california would not do as well here geo goo bailey could not comprehend bro roberts noberta philosophy because if it was wag so why was it that the italian did as well here as in other cold climates uch such 8 as wisconsin and other states anu and the italian queens were imported from warm italy A census of the number of kinds of bees owned by the members present was then taken and the following is the result 44 swarms of black italian Ita ilan iian 45 california and 85 35 hybrid A M musser believed tho the bee keep ing interest of the community would be best hest sub served if the practical api anista arista who attend these meetings would give the members the benefit of their personal experience and observation in the art arf of beekeeping bee keeping in this territory which might differ materially with the exper lenca of in other states and territories adjourned to io meet at same place on saturday aprath at 6 pm B R V morris sec bee |
