Show BEE CULTURE i ij FULL fult REPORT OF THE LIT 1 cit kit ith itt CONVEX 1 i T the nid follow following in has been handed in by A M musser esq with a request that its publication be accod paniel pantel pani pant f ei by bi an invitation to our country co temporaries to copy the report is much more mare interesting than usual as exhibits the status of bee culture throughout utah and impart daras 1 M some valuable practical information on the subject 1 1 at the lato late bee bea held in the city hali nail this city the bee farming interests by persona personal delegates letters and reports rep orts from lauy settlement is be becoming doming a growing and prosperous industry C conley from box bos elder county stated that there were some nies in the county and that about abort SO swarms werd were lost during the winter lie he had examined some goo colonies ond found them in good condition but little foul brood in the county yome ome little chill brood had been discovered ills his 60 colonies had bad well last season lie be took 1000 pounds of 61 honey german ellsworth of rayson payson said 1 there were over colonies in pay son had lost only about three per cent wintered on sum summer mer stands becom lie lle commenced in the spring of 1883 with 30 colonies two of which were he had increased them to GO colonies taking from them pounds of honey and B 40 pounds ot wax waz vv ile he explained how they had success successfully lully ma managed naoe nale d foul brood for the last fourbears four tears vears years which he maintains is in lii the honey and does not attach to teebee the bee bees bred in september all die before the following may 0 B huntington Hun of springville Spring ville stated they hadano had no organization at that place lace where there were several old fashioned beekeepers bee keepers who would not adopt modern methias methods in bee culture ile he owns 27 colonies which wintered without loss last season he took 1300 pounds of honey and 79 rounds pounds of wax was ile he uses the patent extractor and has sent for a foundation machine there Is foul brood now tn the place which has colonies averaging 70 70 6 pounds of honey to the swarm swarin simon ward this city commenced in the spring of 1883 with I 1 one weak colony colon ile he subsequently bought two heavy swarms from the three he ga gathered therod doo pounds of honey there was some foul foill brood on his block brother welch from morgan county last spring started with six colonies which he increased to 14 lost one durin duning during the winter whiter took but pounds of honey goney there were 72 colonies in the county I 1 some 14 perished during the winter one man had SO colon colonies fes i in old fashioned bee gums ile he losta lost a good many the altitude is great and seasons short there is no foul foni brood in the county and no bee association ile he likes the simp simplicity r ty hive and when his bees need f food 0 d he e feeds them mill dust through a 15 inch tin tube john morgan of mill creek ward i salt lake county that he had been sick for a number of years has thus been deprived of the bee meetings lias has kept b becs bees ees from the first in utah believes that the smelter perfumes fumes and foul brood caused the great nig nip mortality among his own and other up apiaries laties laries in the county last spring he captured a deserting swarm by cl them these he increased to three cl colonies onles onies bees should not be overhauled too early lest they become chilled ile he found great prejudice against honey extractors which is because of ignorance and in 0 ove ve BeS inspectors are not encouraged by the county courts who pay them grudgingly wib W M E ean egan hgan au of this city sald said sad he was glad to meet with the bop boo keepers and was sorry to learn that titre there are still some in utah who stia to the old methods of bee cult culture pre pro from 15 top to tow a 91 p hondy carbo carbe saved gaved to overy every pound of comb foundation artificially made and introduced into the hive each society should take at least one ond bee journal and profit by the experience of others in the east and elsewhere an experienced expert can cure foul brood but inexperienced inexperience I not tamper with it ile he strongly recommended the ile lit to tivo story hive take honey from froin the u upper story only and can readily c change ge frames from one to the other story B r bees pay their owners a large per r cent c t on their investments the feeling of the meeting was strongly in favor of organizing bee societies in every settlement in utah where bees are kept A president vice vlee president secretary a treasurer are all the officers usually considered necessary the secretary and treasurer may way be united in the same person Itis it is hoped the friends of bee culture everywhere will appreciate the importance Tf af pf this sti suggestion and act upon it wt out delay the convent convention lon ion recommended thy the american published in chicago at i 2 per annum and gleanings in in bee cult cuil culture tire zire published at ari Afi medina clina tiina ohio 1 pery ear var aras as the best journals for bee bce keepers those at any need of queens bee goods moods and any sn supplies I 1 cs can audless audi altol ess c lq with confidence john margan villi mill creek post off office iee ice salt lake laue co W al egan this city german ellsworth payson utah co or T wlee lee dee tooele thoele city and co who will gladly take orders and promptly fill thea lhea Aless rs Alor morgan wap gap cowley anft ana elis eils ellsworth agreed to prepare an article each on the best of bees for may clay june and july respectively re which gill will appear in the ners of the cerrilo Ter ternary rito rilo T V from written reports received colv bd mid wid read the following extracts are taken elty eity last fall had 10 swarms tills spring 1 2 sw arnos loss 21 sonic some of our coi cot colonies hiles files are weak buton button the whole we have had good food success in wintering considering the seventy of the winter winte r the report is signed by T W ley lek president JNO DUNN Sec sedr J mant lid iid n tj about howit 90 col coi colonies oriles in tile tiie th p county butk sali sail Sall pete on the average took about eyo 50 I 1 pounds of honey from each swarm diany many ol of thoe thoc who wintered on the tile summer stands sustained heavy loss those who used chaff as apro a protector succeeded well weli the interest in apiculture was appreciably on le terease wrease rease wit braithwait prest preset WM bekc secy eibell El iBell of logan writes the bee interests in lil this county Cac cache heare are reasonably good tl this ds spring sprin all that shave seen are ngooi condition our method of wintering Is to pack the tile hives in sawdust saw dust or and put them under good sheds ve remove the upper frames or honey boxes and put in straw cushions last yean year our yield of wai very tery good secretary S worth worthington agton fayson of writes 1 the number of colonies 01 of bees in pay son last fall fali faunal faunas was 73 14 during the winter lost lo 10 st 25 23 swarms or 3 per cent of the whole all ali A I 1 I 1 w v e ere re wintered in T tj on the summer stands total amount of honey boney taken poun pounds I 1 and 96 pounds of wax A PW insor whites writes from st george geore geor e colonie soney yield light lights but little on summer stands no foul brood bup but little loss or gain in number of bees drouth and frost have alk cly to the partial failures thirty nive five 6 swarms S ar afi s were reported reporter at santa clara near st george wintered wll wil loss under two pe per X cd cont cent nt NO if foul oui brood I 1 i edward stevenson secretary oi 01 01 of me the lka ika parent ant society but now in canada W writes ir acan can report 59 off swarms in 90 rood od condition the last 1 I knew of them some of them are in two story chaff hives last mason kason season I 1 took CO 60 pounds of honey from each colony a one extraction without troubling lin tive alve lower story at all the tho lower story has nine frames the upper story has 14 tt to 15 frames the lower hive hag has bag j two wo inches of chaff under tinder it and three inches at each end eld making anakin the upper story six inches in hes the under inq one the 0 frame of the lower part bein ct lil lit will ill il fit tit tiie ille upper one c crosswise in the fall the frames should be taken gut put of the upper part and a sack of chaff put into luto it I 1 made one of these hives for a friend here 1 which lie he values very highly there aro arenque not many bees in canada the winters being too severe but yew few patent hives are in use |