The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-12
BER-KEEPERs' CONVENTION
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 10, 81.

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venti0n met at the Council Hou,
on the 5th inst. Meeting opened /
PRAYER by Brother Horace Drak
Minutes of previous meeting rea
and approved. Reports for the las
SIX months were called for from tn
various counties. They were II
sponded to as follows:
Salt Lake County reported 2.36
sWarms of bees in good condition
with the exception of considerable
foul brood throughout the county
The County Court has appointed
but one inspector of bees and tn,
amount OF work assigned that off
Ger has proven to be too much fol
one to accomplish. The amount o.
honey reported was 11s,90O pounds.
/ Spanish Fork, Utah County, has
SIS hives in good condition. Some
foul brood has been destroyed by
burning hives and contents, and at
present the vicinity is about free
from the disastrous pest. The
amount of honey produced this last
season was 33,066 pounds, being an
average of over sixty pounds to the
hive, and at 121ac. per pound, whole
| sale, has been revenue to that set
Element of $4,133.25. Charles Monk
is president.
Payson, Utah County, has 6O4
sWarms of bees, and 31,215 pounds
of honey. Bees in good condition,
excepting some foul brood. Farley
M briggs, president.
Pleasant Grove, Utah County, has
400 hiVeslof bees Lehi, Utah County
200 stands.
Gunnison, Sanpete County, has
twenty colonies of bees and has
taken 1000 pounds of honey.
Manti, Sanpete County, was rep
resented by Mr.. VIM. Braithwaite,
county inspector, who said they had
100 Swarms of bees. When he in
speeted the county he found some
foul brood and destroyed about
thirty hives by burning or burying
them. His bees will WELD from
seventy-fve to ninety pounds of
honey per hive.
Cedar City, Iron County, repre-
sented by Mr.. Richard r.
Braithwaite, has 210 hives Of bees.
No foul brood there, but the hot and
dry weather has been against their
honey harvest this year.
Cache County was represented by
George Willard, of Logan, live bee
man and inspector of the county.
There are 153 stands of bees averag-
ing Gfty pounds of honey to the
colony, or 1860 pounds total. The
frOsts of May and June operated
against bee interests, so that July
1st the workers killed off their
drones; however, after that date the
bees did very well.
The total amount Of bees reported
IN Utah, is STA swarms. Averaging
fifty pounds Of honey to the colony,
would be 25S,7O0 pounds. Total
Amount Of revenue at 1215c. pei
pound wholesale, So, $3.50.
Sat. William Egan, chairman OF
comm tee, reported on drafting
hanks 10 be nIIed by branch asso-
HttIJdS.
Mr.. ~. G. Bailey motioned th5
'rrrtiry condense the reports If
le various branch associations Tor
utilization in the SALT LAKr
RAID. DeSeret NeaES and Bikube7l.
IJoele County was represented
y L. W. Lee, secretary Of ToOele
soci ,tlOn, who says the bees are
. ng well. They have 100 hives Of
eeS and no foul brood.
Ar. .i,sSe Murphy reported mis-
.ees doing well and having no foul
I'd. lie had about nirety-hve
warns Of his own and had taken
are of some for his neighbors. He
lad taken 1000 pounds of honey and
lad yet to take 800 pounds more
.nd had made 100 pounds of bees
wax He had made a wax eXtrac-
or of galvanized sheet iron lined
vi' i tin. and glass frame on top.
1t WAS made fiaring at the top of the
box and Il wire screen below the
centre for the comb and cappings to
rest upon. The hot rays of the sun
caused the waste honey to run off
through tube in the bottom of the
box and the wax settled on
the bottom very clear He would
melt the hives that was left, in a
kettle, skimming it well. French
white glass in large paines was best
for the top of the box. 1t cost him
about SIS.
Mr.. Henry Tempest, of HERMAN,
said he had about six hives Of bees,
and was we'll pleased with his eX-
perience in bee culture,
Mr.. David Sabin, of PaysOn, be-
gan seven years ago with six
swarms of bees, taking them on
shares for five years. He had re-
turned thirty-six hives to the owners
and now had forty of his own.
Mr.. James Wrathall, of Grants
vile, Tooele County, spoke OF foul
brood and deprecated the use of
hives or frames having been dis
eased.
Vice-President Samuel Mckay
said he could not consent to, nor en-
courage tampering with foul brood.
We have a law on the subject, but it
needs revising. MotiOned that a
committee of six be appointed to
review the law. They were elected
as follows: y. N. Musser. president
Geo. B. Bailey. Samuel McKay. Ed