Show SMOKE DEATH TO f BUSY LITTLE HONEY MAKERS BEING KILLED BY THOUSANDS the annual meeting of the utah bee keepers association was held in salt lake secretary spoke on the subject of marketing honey and wax after which a paper prepared by mr bryner of price on the care of bees in winter was read the paper also referred to the matter of swarming and advised the of colonies mr S mckay of isalt lake gave his experience as a beekeeper bee keeper for a period of many years and advocated keeping the price of the product at a uniform figure lion T R welch of morgan spoke on the method of housing bees for the winter saying that he used straw and only lost three colonies out of a large number during the past season he also gave some good advice in regard to purchasing supplies and advocated the formation of county organizations tor the selling of the product president kovesy in his address said that the season had opened with good prospects the bees as a rule have wintered well and were in better condition than at the same time last year should the flow of honey be unimpeded a prosperous season will follow tor the bee keepers concerning salt lake county though the industry had been practically destroyed by the smoke of the shelters smelters sm elters south of these big ore reducing plants not less than 90 per cent of the bees have been killed by the smoke mr lovesy then recounted how the bees were found dead in their hives in great numbers wherever the smelter smoke had been blown upon them the question be said was a most serious one not only to bee keepers but to the owners of farms and live stock as great damage was also being inflicted upon them the problem he said was in his opinion grave to require legislative attention when the state lawmakers law makers meet otherwise the industry would be totally destroyed in the localities indicated la conclusion president litesy bald he desired to see a good showing of the bee industry during the coming state fair he also advocated greater union among the bee keepers in the purchase of supplies and all that was necessary to keep it going was the maintenance of fair prices officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows E S lovesy president R raees first vice president william second vice president john B fagg secretary and treasurer clarence R matsan assistant secretary and county vice presidents as follows george home utah J A smith wasatch W C smith dails J hansen dox elder 0 folkman weber thomas allston juab C canutson Ca devler mrs woodbury washington ben barroca Bar rowa thoele tooele henry bullock cache T G R welch morgan chas wilcox emery |