Telegram-herald., 1892-01-01
BlI NENlALK SVEE1Ll
Annual Convensioa az the Michi-
gan Deskesbsrs
lHE COST OF HOsEf PRODUCTION
ExDssiosats ~ the AkrtexitasAi Gel
isxs-tsssss Of Uspisasabis Sea-
cons ssa Other Interesting
Topics Dase usSsd.


Of the Michigan state Ree-keepsrs' as
sociatiou began Us work in the reading
roem OF the Eagle hotel yesterday
sfternooa. The otticer$ OF the assoeia-
ton sze: President, the Hon. r. l..
Taylor. Lapecr; e-pfesident, NJ. IL.
hunt, Bell Branch: secretary, Geo. T.
Hilton, Fremont; treasurer. DIR. A. b.
alason. Auburndale, o.
The precedent, X. l.. Taylor, spoke
upon Economy in the Proiucsioa Of
Honey" He said that while the last
few years had not been profitable IN
foney raising, still Il was possible that
,deas Of profit and amount of produc-
tian needed readjustins. Too much
foeey Was spent IL expensive
fsllidlngs auc useless furnish.
sngs. He took an apiary o i5c
Construction or Brood Frames.
]. II. Larabee, of the Agricultural
9 lsege, presented paper On "Jne
BeaE All-lurposc Brood Frame" Re
.said: While the subject IS one Of the
greatest importance, no convention oi
Ace men were ever agreed upon which
p the best tor a.i-purpose frame. The
m )st essential principal Of 1t, in my
opinion, is the proper bee space, above,
felow, and between the bee frame,
with ample provision for the man'pu.a.
tor OF the parts"
Mr.. Larabee showed drawings of the
frame that he considered the best
snd explained the different parts.
e. X. Root of Medlna, Ohio, read q
paper on The Bicycle vs.. the Horse
for oul Apiary Trips" in which he sc,
forth the very decided advantages o:
the bicycie--for young men.
Mr.. Larabee thought q bicycle
would wear out before horse, but q
| good high grade wheel ought to last
Elk or seven years. In tho spring he
~ill take so colonies and put them
three miles from the college and ex-
lperIment with them. He expects to
make the trips back and forth on a
wheel.
x. l.. Taylor in answer to the objec.
lion that $50 colonies were too many
sor one field said the largest crop he
had ever raised was one year when he
had 200 colonies.
Geo. +. Hilton said the number oi
| colonies did not affect the amount OF
honey as much as the flora Oi
the locality. For eight year.
he got An average of 75 pou nds pei
colony. Last year he didn't get 8
pounds per colony. He said it would
DO impossible to overstock the locality
in some parts of Michigan.
NJ. II. Hunt thought that 500 colo
| nios would not overstOck 200 acres OF
onions that be knew of, but the flavor
was little off, despite the fact that i
had been stated that no flavor coulc
ever be detected.
Conditions Have Been UnfavorabIe.
Mr.. Hilton expressed the conviction
that atmospheric conditions have beer
wrong for the last two or three years
"The only plant that seemed to pro
duce honey this past year has been the
willow herb (epilob,um). II honey II
| other plants was eecreted At all, it va.
| absorbed before the bees got at it. II
would seem that the plants had to sus
tam themselves by the honey secreted
| in them."
Mr.. Berg had found that white Glove,
had not had any honey in it for TIT
last two years. "Buckwheat had nj
honey this year. From basswood tber,
was considerable honey this year; none
last year. Milkweed has yielded much
honey for two years, although the fiA
vor is not the best"
j. II. Larsbee wanted to know hov '
long epilobium could be depended or
TO grow in one spot. Mr.. Acker haC
found 1t had not failed IN his part o.
the country for eight years.
Named the Csmmtssees.
After a short recess the president an
co lnced the following committees:
Committee on Exhioit-J. H. Lara
bee, T.. Il. Root, r. u. Parker.
Committee on ResolutiOns--W. u
Committee on the Columbian Exposi
tion--M. il. Hunt, II. d. Cutting. G. E
Hilton.
The president called on Mr.. Hilton
70 tell the cost OF production pei
pound of the honey he raised. Mr.
Hilton said when he raised seventy
five pounds to the colony the cost wa:
cents pound.
Mr.. Berg was somewhat astonishec
at Mr.. Hiiton's figures, and stated tha
ne couldn't get rich at selling honey al
Is cents q pound. the cost Of produc'
tion with him was so great.
The meeting adjourned.
The evening session of the state bee
keepers was an informal one. w. u
Hutchinson Of Flint read . paper en-
titled Trying New Things" The pa
| per was then discussed IN an informs
way by the members. Self hives. swarm
catchers. bee escapes. and new race
were among the subjects which re
ceived the attention Of the member
present. The discussion was purely NJ
| informal one. After the paper hae
been fully discussed the question no,
vas opened and innumerable question:
pertaining 10 bee culture we're answered
IN . general way. The meeting ther