| Show MEETING OF KEEPERS beekeepers BEE the utah beekeepers Bee keepers association held its semiannual semi annual meeting in the joint city and county building on the ath dinst E S lovesy president called the meeting to order and the secretary read the minutes of the last meeting and also the financial report both of which were approved the new foul brood law was also read and accepted as satisfactory mr H C jorgenson of juab county spoke of the bee industry in his county he said that the bees had not done as well there this year as in some former years his bees some years ago averaged over 75 76 pounds to the colony but this year they had not made over 45 pounds he stated that foul brood was nearly stamped out in juab county he also spoke at some length on the sources from which the bees gathered their honey secretary fagg spoke on the subject of wintering also of crowding the queen out of laying room and how to avoid it by giving them foundation frames he also spoke of marketing the honey crop and said it should be put up in the best beat sha mr F spoke on the difference in the working qualities of bees he said that some would make large amounts of honey while others under the same conditions would hardly do anything J ferry feiry spoke in regard I to ahe different qualities of honey produced by the bees he said that while the bees should have proper ventilation they should be protected through the winter several other members spoke on the wintering of bees and on the marketing of the products mr heywood of bountiful said as a rule the bees in their locality had done well this season while they have not swarmed much they had gathered lots of honey and are in good condition for wintering mr barrows of grantsville Grants ville said the experience of bee men were much the same his best colony made pounds while others did not make much he also spoke of his experience in wintering and said that he kept his bees strong by examining the brood chamber and su plying the queen with frames and foundation this had not been an average year with him his bees had only made pounds per colony which was only about half the amount they made some seasons A letter was read from jas jaa hacking of vernal utah stating that his bees beba had done well this year he had colonies old and new and that his crop of honey was pounds an average of nearly pounds he stated that there were 2950 2960 colonies of bees in the county but while all of them had not done as well as his many of them had or nearly so mr lovesy reviewed some of the remarks made he spoke on the wintering problem and said it was one of the most complicated problems of the industry A large colony of bees generated considerable heat for this reason the bees must be kept dry especially in winter he said that while protection to Is good the bees must not be seated sealed up air tight for in that con they are liable to sma die of foul air he advised the beekeeper bee keepers ste te gave queens laying room and see that 1 bees had an abundance of 8 stores 1 winter and to keep all the bees at all times if there was any an to success it was in always strong colonies he stated that self and mr bouck had sent een ples pies of honey to the Neb nebraska rasIm fair and that they had obtained J and second premiums and that thai nebraska friends had treated very kindly and invited ahm to again i on motion by mr heywood ft cittee of three was appointed to s sent utah at the position at omaha next season committee is as follows E S L joshua terry and jno B fagg meeting adjourned till april E S L |
