| Show KEEPERS BEE ree convention SALT LAKE lawe CITY april jtb 1882 iss 2 editor dejerez news mews the territorial eee Bee beekeepers keepers convention assembled at the council house apri aarli 0 1881 president A M musser mussel presiding prayer by N T porter balt bait lake county was vas represented by vice alce president samul hamul 1 mckay E Ste steveson Bt vemon evenson and others davi county by N T porter weber bounty by R M birch bee in of that bunty elder county fy by chas conolly tooele tofele coulty bj by T W iee nee lee and john county by C U A madon maden mad en letters were read fi om orn various parts parla of the territory mrs mra anne C woodberry of bt st gengo wa hing ton county writes that in the spring of 1881 she had bad in her care 45 hives of bees increase 16 lost five during the bummer summer leaving 56 in good c n nad bad t ken keig 2200 ibs tta of honey mostly from rom top box boxes no dis ase ae of any k nd rid in that place Washing washington too washington county mr john price writes march 1982 six years S ears eans aeo ako ago aio I 1 began beekler ing with one swarm and now I 1 dave cave 88 hives of bees in good condition have lost six swarms by bea boo moth no foul brood in this lae diac lac there are hives of bees anwash in washington No jno troubie trouble in wintering or summering stands under flotd roofs to shield hoshield them from our hot dixe sun eun we average 75 lbs ibs of honey to 10 each hive hut but laye have taken 1621 lbs ibe from one hive mr silas bilas richards writes from ulion union salt lake co utah march we have 11 beekeepers bee keepers here 67 hives lost 12 balance 65 we generally cultivates natural swarm in anif g do not use the extrac ther disturb the lower hive blye or brood nest use ec arcely eely cely any bee ee va vails a or gloves g oves mr oseph joseph E johhson writes t george rge march reh slat 1832 that there are tire a about ut colonies in washington rane hane and iron coun ties yielding from 20 to 1 bs iba to the colony varying in price from 15 to 25 cents per pound the supply ll 11 being n g equal to the demand lot bot a single case of foul brood has hag been known there the best honey season is during may and june htwe it we have late rains we have some bome eo mefail fall fail bloom and aa as the winters are warm bees fly nearly every day consequently we are liable to about 25 per cent losses by starvation unless fed when supplies are short president james writes from pleasant grove utah uth county fl A pire press baij of business prevents me from OM giving 1 v g a it fuli full leport of our maocia association eia cia tion ilon I 1 have colonies colonl ts and have lost only one up to this time wintered on summer stand after a long a winter honey ia Is scarce in the alves aives somo some in this ibis neighborhood have lost many and bome some all of their the bete mr T W lee Us say bay in ia tooele thoele city we have 18 16 bee hee beekeepers keepers and colonies cf of bee bees put into winte quarters on summer eummer stands losses 24 leaving 82 in tolerably good condition ko no foul brood our bees bets are mostly hybrids mr chas conolly said As bee tee inspector be he had bad destroyed 21 colonies of foul brood in box elder county and 14 colonies the following season reason and oa on his return home expects to destroy others infected and try to rid the country of this dreadful pest he started with wi tb two stands and now hab has 46 there are about colonies colon its lis in the county he wintered his hla tees under cover on bummer summer stands about four inches apart filled in between with hay chaff chatt or straw gave upper ventilation put a cloth over lower hives to keep them dry and warm and had no trouble in wIn wintering terin the honey sells at 20 cents per dmd pound bee inspector B R id birch of weber county faid said tho the county only paid him for destroying foul brood when be he was called on and as his calls were rather scarce he had not done much at it he winters on summer stands in a shed abed puts cloth on lower hives and fills the upper box with tj t ay they wintered well mr C A madsen madeen of lun cunnison iun flun ulson nison sanpete couney said their bees although few in number bad wintered well and as he learned moie mote about bee bees his interest increased they intended to progress in bee culture in gunnison mr N T Porte davis county said they had been sorely troubled with fout foul brood and heavy I 1 ases had lost his hla bees but was now a tart start mog tog again with botter hotter success had placed chopped feed near his hives early this thia spring and they worked wonder wonderfully won denully tully in it priest prest musser then explained the law on loul brood vicci president samuel mckay took pride in beekeeping bee keeping and had always had good success in wintering his bees until this thia very hard bard winter he had lost 58 56 out boutot of 87 colonies he thou thought grit glit the severe fevere freals had bad cracked some gome of the honey comb and the damp of the he hives soured the honey t ick tok ening and killing many of the bees also that i any had been lost loat in fl ff on warm days thus weakening the colonies his stocks have plenty of honey in them foul foal brood was waa first imported into our county and aprea I 1 fearful fly ily in many places it must bo be destroyed if we succeed with depa bea beb moat most of lii hit losses occurred in february ury uny usry nry he thinks our losses in this thia county will be over 60 I 1 percent ter ten er cent ijima mr win VV mEgan egan said his bis experience was bulte different this winter from that of any previous year be he had bad only five hives let left iet alive out of 40 for of time he be had neg j leoned to ack pek p abhi hl chair chaff about t to e hives last lost fall hence his loss pre ly when he ha I 1 protect d his bees be he scarcely lost any he had reversed the combs of the hl ahe a that be clacel in the last fair placed a comb of honey hocey over them and tk coth coth giving them plenty ot of ventilation and they had camo came out all right edwarc stevenson said we must provide better winter quarter for fon our bees in order to insure especially sa as our winters are BO so changeable in this high I 1 have hava placed some of my bees under shed roofs packed with chann chaft with a movable front ten feet long and two feet wide leaving four inches back and front boxing the en rance ranee and leaving a passage for the bees from the the hive through the movable front thus the hot rays of the sun wil not so easily cause the bees to fly until the air la Is warm for them to return home borne again this makels a cheap chaff hive as six hives can tan be placed together in one packing and be kept warm until late in the spring thus thua inducing early brooding they must have upper ventilation and chaff cushion in the upper box in our southern dixie scarcely any bees die because of the cold lour gour our meeting was well attended and manifested an increased desire to make utah a success in the bee culture until the land shall flow sow with honey asit as it already does with milk the meeting adjourned until oct atho at this thia place at 7 pm pra benediction by C A madsen EDWARD STEVENSON secy |
