| Show nee bee committees address SALT sll LT laica CITY may alay 1880 E editors deseret news As a committee appointed by our territorial bee convention at its last jast session we neel feel it a duty to correct some erroneous ideas that are likely to misguide novices jn in bee bea culture and therefore ask a space in in youn your columns as it ia is so widely spread and read throughout our territory nearly all of our bee ev keepers peepers are novices eg but some somo have an experience from 12 to 15 years au and dhave have shown some practical experience by the tons of honey produced in our new now and isolated territory while we do not condemn tb theory eory eort in in any we recommend practical experience peri ence in in bee culture as aswell well weli as in all useful industries i there are a variety of opinions as regards the bee hive there a are r many patent hive sand ventilators rs of the same our territorial convention ven tion after duly canvassing this subject decided th that it the kidder hive or its equivalent bubac inches which is 2000 cubic inches was the beat best bes t adapted to our territory one olour of our prominent dilt eilt bee keepers says ag as an objection this hive that in from sixto bix six to ten days the bees will fill nil the H kidder hidder hivo full of honey when honey is plentiful in the field which in our vicinity is in july and august and this same author condemns tile the Ex extractor fractor tractor as one of the caused of foul brood even in tho iho bands of the most careful manipulator that tile the centrifugal force throws ot out thou sands of young soung brood and chills the rest ahr with dead lardeo in bo the spring pring winch die and decay in the cells and defile the hive cause causes i the bee beb keeper on opening the the hovd sniffing the bad odor to exclaim foul brood mid arid he be also state states that arthr axt hr camo causa of foul brood may be traced to imperfectly bred queens our remedy for tile the overloaded hive is to relieve it by the uhe use of th the extractor and to do so effectually we use the two story kidder hives hive extracting tr only from the upper story leaving the brood queen and young oung bees in the lower story with tie tte the old honey and sf if as is sometimes the case that brood is found in the upper ch aniber chamber we either exchange them for combs of honey in the lower story or place them oil on the tile outside of the tile upper story by this means we have often taken from twenty to thirty pounds of honey houpy every eight or twelve days during the best part of tile the honey season from each strong colony thus the two story kidder hive not only duplicates the size of the hive but removes the great objection of disturbing the young bees and the larva which we advise on all occasions as far as possible and as to wintering ering this tills hive is provided with upper ventilation and a quilt can be placed on the top jop of the frames made of canvas gunny sack sackett ete etc in the top of the hive ilive a small smail sack of be placed as an absorber of steam or da dampness wyness and if desired an outside bok box of rough boards may way be bb made three or four inches larger than tile the hiye hive and chaff be placed in the open space protecting them from the cold frosts ib it is the decision of our best disciplined disel beekeeper beekeepers bee keepers throughout the world that foul brood isa contag contagious lojis illS SS and d not caused by the ifie extractor uio gio tr i chilled brod or imperfect bred queens we would eke to tv zee fee 9 conw one ot our our i practical beek deepers who attends od our r territorial convention conventions that does not know the difference between the odor of noxious foul brood from that of chilled and dead wees bees bad as the latter may be the extractor and especially in the hands of an unskilled perso person does throw out some soine of the ilie lar larva eriq ia true this culi v n in other losses wih wib wh ich are numerous nume roias soon de populates the whole colony thousands of bees that go to the field for honey never return to their hive hivo some are captured by birds others othen chilled by cold winds and rain storm k and many die being worn out finally the life of the bee is s only ver y hoat short some of bur bun our best writers say that during the best honey s season eason the working bee will wear itself out in six weeks had great creator provided for all these loss losses esthe the great reso resources of honey would be cut short but when we are informed of the wonderful ability of the one and only queen to each hive to lay about two or three thousand eggs in each twenty four hours we find all those loes losses well and amply provided for these statements appear so extras agana that we will note the words of mr llin E krechmer Kr ethmer in my observation hive I 1 have seen the queen lay seven eggs in ift one minute which would be 40 each jh our and in 24 hours but as a rule itis it is said about 2000 in 24 hours we will further state as regard regards i extracting we have heave hadla hadia had 12 years year ex experience perl peri ence with the extrac extractor torand and no foul brood at all ail neither has there been the appear appearance aneer ancer of foul brood and last lash la s t year an tin average of loo lbs of surplus lidney to each hive and never have been under the tiie necessity of tf feeding of sugar but do sometimes take tako tr te from a surplus hive a full comb of honey and place it on one hiie side of a needy hive and th the e bees carry the honey over to the brood thus cheating the tho queen or stimulating the queen in in early spring to nurry hurry up her brood and thial sprino vp have taken 35 ibs lbs ibs of surplus honey hones from ono one one ono of those hives bives and that hive has had dranes flying out ever over ver 20 days ago how is this compared with the theory of feeding bees all the sugar they will take when necessary sugar mixed with water to the thickness of honey may be fed to stimulate and feed until utitia honey may be obtained from the field whereas a surplus would be a detri deark ment to the colony as the su sugar suar ar when granulated in the cells N becomes a burden to them atheni placing honey for them is the most natural food and best received by them before closing tile the subject of queens laying 1 capacity cap rity wity we wish to mention the tiie experience of one of our bee master q in our county bro ja benjamin c dj a M lis ils judon judson who placed an empty comb in one of his hives in the evening and the next day found it filled with cg eggs bindas and as there are 24 eells cells to the square inch inel I 1 or 48 including both sides of the comb and 11 square hichel inch eg on each side oe a frame of comb this would foot up the enormous sum of eggs egg s this accounts acco ants fora far great to t kp tho eo loxi strong and provide for fon loss es by extracting and otherwise and haf also of af frequent swarming A fair colony A ot bees is expected to contin about 24 2000 1000 bees now is the time to keep a good lookout for bees swarming and secure good wholesome hives for be assured that if you put a healthy swarm of bees inn in nn i old foul brood hive it will soon affect the colony although tha thel bees may h have havo ave been out of the hive arid annd it has stood empty for tw two 0 y years 01 11 all foul fou 1 brood hives bed beer combs and a all ali 11 should be dest destroyed roved royed in order to ent entirely rely eradicate the from our oun territory er with without dut which aich we will not succeed respectfully SAMUEL makay jonn JOHN Aloit MORGAN GAN strven steven STEVENSON stevenson son sor committee CONEJOS col COI may alay 1880 editors deseret news your paper comes come to our city regularly and is read with considerable interest some somo through curiosity and others for foi information your many readers may wish to know something of this the eldorado of the west and the gathering pla ceTor tile the people that have received the we principles of the gospel ardd arid believe the truth this valley ia is miles long iong to 60 miles wide with a gradual slope to the southeast with dhe dhe rivers rio itlo grande conejos san antono and some small smail ml 1 streams 1 tk eams all running southeast burn furnishing S sufficient u t water wa to irrigate many thousand acres of very rich productive land our lands produce from 25 to 40 bushels of wheat and 75 to ta bushels of oats and barley per acre and vegetables grow very well weli here corn cannot be raised to any extent owing to our short seasons and the tiie variety varle yarle v cf ta ab 1 r lere this thib valley bein being g aban atan at an altitude f of feet aurval our val vai le ley y is very healthy haying having very nine fine pure water to drink thus the great greab et san louis valley is bound soon to be on one of the finest valleys of the west all the facilities ne necessary c ess ary to in make ake a 1 f nine fine n e c country countr Y abound here in titles our oun soil is rich and prodoc tive our range cannot be surpassed by any country our stock mock men are fash fast improving their herds berds and our mineral cannot be excelled i there is coal enough to make the world rieu rich all gewant we want is muscle to develop our varied resources and then we will stand ahead of all the states of the union our population is fast increasing here we see people from all the nations of the earth drawn here hereby by the many attractions our valley has h as a railroad running through Hs its entire length with a junction at this pla pia place e one line running to the san juan valley and the other running to santa fe wat MAT giving givin gus us railroad facilities east west and south our educational interest is fast increasing andream and we arg aro now getting up good schools with first elass t teacher eacher our state is republican hya bya by a small emali majority but will not remain 6 long our valley is pretty well dotted over wi tir town built bulit of adobe by joy the former settlers of this vallex valley who were mexicans all ali belonging to the catholic faith anew A new mew eity elty city gity iss iff building up eight miles aas of bere here by a peculiar pecullar As carer mpr i mons the only people upon t the earth that thai beleve beneve the bible in its ha integrity the are industrious honest and enterprising people with wisdom and intelli lelent sufficient to know truth from error and honesty bogety from dishonesty so you see our fixture future outi outlook ook is bright for this valy ley ther then is dila bile now and our farmers are making good gow use of the tile time by planting plant irig their theil crops 1 and opening up mere more landane lan ian dand ionis is being improved every day gur pur laws aie ale are wholesome having jo good 04 men at the head of our state government ant any man using ind industry and iid economy 0 m y can lived live well weli ell h here ere wages bein being r g good for male and female and ind bleir plenty of employ employment nien t for fbi all that tha tome tomo so send an your youir mio mie idle men ben ma and ind women and wo wl will ill give them homes and labor la or D df GC swords creer CREEK V 1 russell Eu ssell colin cotin county ty virgin a may I 1 0 editors deseret jewsh T kieft left my hame at ogden utah on the ath day of govern ber her last toni tofi to in 11 a mission I 1 to td th the southern states in company ith elders eiders GE G it hill and an thomas farr we W a at boma bema ga on the JOth where we met elder john morgan who h 6 assigned ns us our fields of labor elder faill arid myself were appointed to labor in northeaster or leas er tennessee at oi or near carters cartels depot epo carter county eliere ere we arria arrived on the morning of tile the elder farr remained in tho vicinity of romme borne we were the first elders to bear die the gospel to that people and h as is generally the case were looked upon by the community with a gaze of cur eur curiosity i oaty and wonder wonderment mentana ana and in some bome some instances have thought we ve were looked upon with a feeling of fear for vor as ns wo w pass rass along the road people would go in the house and ana and shut the door behind them until we would pass by then would mould open it and look at us as long iong as we ve were in sight I 1 began to wonder r at th this is but found the people ta be filled full of prejudice against the mormons cormons Mor mons on lon account of their not having heard anything that was good of them we labored among the people as best we could and held field several meetings s during our stay made neade a few friends freuda and we think allayed a great deal deai of prejudice we baptized lov persons dersons three of whom emigrated to colorado with the co company M of saints that left chattanooga g a on tho the thead of march ch twill he here re men mention tion ore one case vase bf healing ea i n mr air G W perkins a i gen gaft ile ule tieman ileman an who w 0 was investigating te the principles I 1 of the tho g troubled 10 tor lor i several days with woth a swelling under his right arm which shiell was aa gr growing worm a more af pf painful in lils ilis V to of alj all 11 his efforts to stay its p progress Tes he had lost 11 his resi rest nor for for seve fege several beveral ral rai DWI and was co compelled in leile d io fofoa stop working i IT eider aldei elder hilt and hd myself stayed with him ono evening and wid during the evening he complain edof the pain and requested us to administer to him we wd told b I 1 had no copi nogi oi I 1 but t irue irhe if he had bad faith i in H ite me une lord fjord would grant his desire we prayed and then laid ba hands h n u ds im on him after which he went to t 0 b bed e and fell feil asleep immediately and did ad not wake until in morning orning when the pain pitin had all left him and the sw swelling blink glink gone down so sq he could usa use h hj arm fre freely freels ely els and it gradually b e aled until perfectly well atthe althe at the time he was not in the church but tout has lias since become a member as ats also his wife vloe and daughter and they are nov now now gathered with the saints r although the christians of the present century say god will do no such su eil ell things in this enlightened age i I 1 know differently and so doal do al all ali the S saints A in ts his powen power has been manifested to me jn in numerous ansta instances ne e s and ond the words of the servants of god are being verified in my behalf while in tennessee tennisee many threats of whipping tarring and feathering a aud and ad even to hanging were made which they failed to do 0 we attended tt the several everal days d s con ference ferene held in bur burks Is aiden garden ya va on oil ath of ferrua february and vi voiced ted fed among the saints to for a week eek will wilm when en we returned again ennesser enn essee on our arrival found satan batan isa a had bad ad nou not been sleeping hg during our absence but had been heen perfectly busy oi or his agents had hady in A circulating all kinds of rumors mo rs about us which as usual were not at all good by visiting the people found they tiley bad had 9 got at enough of I 1 mormonism and the prospects that we had hoped would result in goad were now closed against us president pr resident morgan th though ugh ut tit best westfor fon for us to go 0 to burkes garden gardena and nd labor with nith elder at P V covley cov Coy ley who WM was time idle idie laboring rc ipg ing alone aloie we left johnson city tennon tenn on the tho morning train for the garden arri arrived I 1 at mount airy alry va at a a in and started on foot from there for rich valley where edd eider elder cow cowley would hold meeting that bayat day daf at Til tji sons mills school schoolhouse hou se am arrived i vl d at I 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