| Show SOMETHING G ABOUT BEES farmington FAB utah oct 12 1893 the f he mi annual meeting of the ut stati ra which was wae it vert loed to be hold held last aatu saturday aday was wae attended by so 0 o few of the mem mem born ot or tie the association that bat no business was aa tran transacted acted and the meeting was wae adjourned till the day preceding the opening of the next april oon forence those mee tiago have usually been held the day after the adjournment of confer conference euce but by the custom was not observed in tola elite ii stance on OD account of ibe shortness of the the and the pore the he honey crop thio year to lu lar jar ot 01 the general average the in dugary in an Import important aut one ani and should be encouraged so an the sweets the mcdue arious rious bees bee gather g ather would truly be 49 wasted on the desert airel air if not saved sou and stored by the buty be beef aeeti etI it lit la also alo an established fact that I 1 iu u to fertilize plants 1 eel kie are ikie a ik areat at hip to 64 one question that was to have bee been dis discussed bussed bythe by th toB oblation Is in the are ferroil A damage that bebis bt en ate are doing every wa of late years tu to the fruit crop belore it 11 has baa been gathered when it il has been punctured by other insects inee ois I 1 aud and slap alter after it has baa been placed on scaffold eoa flold to ury another important question that requires attention la is the alarming increase of moth millers and other destructive tive insects A good many people think that bee men are much to tj blame for tills this state of affairs as ap many of them kill hundreds of toads every year the reason fur this is that more than one hundred bees have hare been found in the of a toad it can be easily perceived that the toad is in a great giest benefit tu to agri cul turista by destroying insects insect aua and they should not be destroyed destroy od the bees can be made secure from them by bv a toad proof fence 4 f the hives are on i the he ground or it on a by ft 0 platform extending out in front from of the hive entrance about one aud a halt half or two feet I 1 might suggest that there are worse laws jaws than one that would prescribe a penalty for cruelty to toads egami no all now new colonies of bees ae many of them have not made sufficient honey to winter on an it is better to kill the beat beeb or put them I 1 with other swarms than to allow them to consume tue honey and thou then starve tu to to death during the winter and coming lug considerable honey oan can alaj be saved by examining all of the hives either by or observing the number oi 01 bees that are wording during warm days all that are liable to not live through the winter can be treated the sume same as the light new hew swarms in thus treating bets bees I 1 take light comb honey irom from the stores or 01 some of my hives h i ves and replace it with dark comb luney huney or pieces of 0 amo containing bee b baj in melting houey honey that mat Is in in old comb it should be in a larger vessel containing water uther otherwise wise it will burn on the bottom of the can contract all hive entrances with tin or other material to prevent mice effect ing an entrance during curing colu weather while the bees ate are in a dormant condition and by all means have awater water proof roots on the hivia hives when robber bees have attacked a weak wak replace the hive being robbed with an empty box or hive as a nearly like it as possible aid it if bonie amply comb te is in it 19 it will better belter satisfy or the new arrivals then they are not so apt to attack aa lognin hives in addition to ane ec essary patent smokers a very good one can be improvised by cutting a hoe ho e about one inch i diameter near the bottom of any kind ora or a large can put some green or wet hay or rubbish in the bottom then some dry material that will burn bur i n readily ald aid smother the fire with more wet or green stuff you cau increase the quantity of by bla blowing ing it and the he material 06 16 top g or decrease dol it toy by prow prea ilg tto oil pile dows it in ii remarkable and very fortunate that burrhus sarit us casualties do not ocolar more frequently from the terrible that nature baa kaaa given the bee power to inflict on its if real or supposed enemies A hive of been that hat oa can n be approached by children to is almost as dangerous as BB an open well reports are frequently published of horses and other animals being flung aung to death after tipping lipping over or otherwise dis di a colony or of beep bead A calf belonging to my nearest neighbor was waa killed billed some time since through getting a short abort rope that was iraq tied to its neck untangled entangled in 8 me bru slite close to a row ot of bee aee hj bi too tea it did not dot tip hy aby of them over but die disturbed the inmates enough to cause I 1 them to pour ou out 9 nearly as aa thickly as aa when swarming completely covering portions of the cajas body they were very vicious and fierce la in their atack at ack on the poor brute we tipsily smoked the bets ba and purred cold water over the body then sord thoua anda of stings out of its ita hides hide out it only lived jived a few ew hours houra I 1 have heard or 01 several small chil dren in farmington being discovered in the act of sticks in the entrances of bee hives it 19 was waa almost like placing a brand of fire close to a keg of powder so aw far af the danger is in concerned although there would to t some expense incurred in placing a fence around the apiary it would bo be prefer preferable ble to leaving lea vino them 9 pen in case a 6 child should be fe fatally itally stung from playing nar iwar them parents would always regret that the small outlay had ot been met I 1 asked an experienced physician what anat course to pursue with bee stings nd ind was advised to use un external application ui or diluted ammonia or a strong solution of baking powder or al aratus wine liquor or strong tea taken inwardly are effective remedies for one or only a few stings a good method Is ia to extract the stinger immediately med lately then bite and suck the wound or pinch the wound with the be thumb and finger anger thus forcing the be poison out of the wound or scattering it belore before it gets into the blood this needs to be done as quickly we as possible C T |
