Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-02
WITH HONEYHAKERS
isos SOr A PROSPEROUS YEAR.
Brl tho Failures were Due 10 the Late
prlng aud liad Msnasc-.=.
Of Dcc.kcepers.

90 tnuse In thl. part o, the Territory 10
learn something Of my laoois as byu
inspector OF Cache county, Ia tho
interest Of the bee Industry bore.
In my work Of inspection found
six cases q foul brood Ia the couu,y.
Two were at Logan, two a. Richmond
aud two ut Providence. An were
tcstroyej.
Thu heaviest loss In tho county las
been from bad management There
arc not more than n dozen tc.eatitic
brc.keepufi In the county, n there are
mat msny. There are but oign, exc
tractors Ia the countyj all ,ho bee.
keepers ou,6ido Of the owners Of these
uxlmctou produce slraiuol houoy.
Tho general iIoa seems 20 be- tina,
when a mal gets a hive Of bees lac cK'
poets thon 10 fuFnish him ali tho
honey that himaoliRnd family can cat
and thou take care Of themstlvcs. Now
bees arc among the cluanvtt nud most
particular things IN the world, tusy
love 60 DO in the woods aud among the
tees aud flowers. Then how must
thuy iotl 90 uu put on top Of each 0incf,
rlUse together, aud that too,
beside some Niutilg hozp.n,
coNsuei, or Ia iatt anywhere
out " tnc way, and then have half
their number killed In taking away
their honey, or rotbing thom2 liobblng
them, sure enough, aud numbering
them too. Yet thid Is the general state
VI bee.keepiug ia Cache county.
There hfo ., l5i stands Of bees In The
county, distributed M follows Logan,
800; Ofueuvilir, o.; Hyde PARK, 50;
smithneld, AZ; Richmlnd. 100,
| Hyrum, gi6; Wu,isville, 200; MundJu,
20; Paradise, 100; Providence, $50;
Millyillp, ia7; Covuville, 81; Lewiston,
63; Newton, o.; Charleston, ~.
rhe yield OF nosoy per colony has
been shout one.half what It should To,
or not over twenty-five pounds per
hive. The Increase OF bees u the
smallest ever known aud II not more
gnau ten per cent; tho reason was bt-
cause Of tho late spfing.
nave been requested 10 give some
Information regarding the proper
handling of bees aud feel that cannot
do better thai RELATE soma Of ny own
experience In this matter.
began eight years ago with one
swarm Ia box commonly called IA
beehive, Il should be- callud bee.
killer. IL IA made In two parts, tbs
bottom part Ia the broad chamber ani
the top Tor the ices to drp0sl. their sur.
plus honey. Those parts are nailed
together 10 that when you want 10 take
tie honey you must use nu iron bar g.
Dry the top OF. When did this 1
| iound part Of tho honey In tho
top and part IN the bottom, ami
malt the tees were drowned In the
melting honey. could not but feel
what i0ol-arrangemeu that was for
bst-gooping. Yet Iwo.thirds " all the
, hives In Cache county today arc OF that
Nnd. No wonder that man would
rather 20 to the canyon AMI get load
OF dfowOod than take the honey from
such a hive OF bees. 1 came 10 the
q, conclusion that II that was bookkeeping
had had enough OF H. IL took my
7 wife oil day ~ got the dead bees out Of
d the honey.
4 Just wnen had come ~ the cOnelu.
. sion 10 nave no more 10 DO with bees,
| raw an Advertisement VI a. Il. Root,
Y Medina, o. / sent my address and by
!. return mail received the magazine
d entitled GiedHings "a Zee Culture, ami
=, Roots catalogue u bee supplies. l
learned that there was n proper system
= Of keeping bees, VINO could DO made t.
:, build their combs IN flames which
= could be taken out and the honey be-
D removed by an extractor, the frameu
= then being put back again 10 loo Te-
y ililsd, without killing the bees.
/. 80 l tried another year, with
o eight Simplicity ten.iame hives,
y | When lifted The tops Oh
i to take out the honey that season was
u disappointed, for tho bees has built all
across the frames anu | had worse
mess than ever. 1 almost gave up In
despair, but IN looking over the cata-
logue OF bee supplies 4 found l had
omitted what u called a "i0undation,
o which leads the bees TO build their
u combs straight. l sent 10 Medina
y for one anu tried again.
When lifted the lids OF tho hlysI
the third season, was Oyetioyed.
called my wife 10 behold QUE OF the
% most beautiful sights VIZ had over seen
II There were ten frames Ia each hive
4. Oiled with comb honey ~ straight NJ q
y board aud rs white ~ snow. 1 lifted
- the frames out, brushed the bees OIL In
$ front OF the hives, extracted tho honey
~ from the frames ami put them bach
WlkiNuN hAllAuk u wv AAN A'AN hh y
= the little workers were hs busy Milling
~ the hives again rs though they hAC
,, been undisturheI. 1 hHd met with sue
- cess by following n pr0persystem.
AS some people do moi know the dii
ference between extracted honey ant
strained honey, II may DO we'll 10 OK
plain that extracted honey Is thrown
"A out Of ihe combs with machine Gale.
~ an extractor, Ia the same state ms Thu
10 bees put 1t in, and ~ pure and clean n
In II was IN tbs flowers. Ihe work 4
,u doue without killing oee. with thu
m attaining process the hO1ey anu CONT
. IL mashed up, together wilh bees, be-
o. bread and often young brood As thi
work II generally doue Ia the fal
wheu toe weather Is cold, the mixtuU
Ia melted and strained though mus
liu clntn, This Treatment taxes ava
the ilsvor OF the honey aud leaves
Of little better than molasstsi bnslhes KIN
~ ing half tne bees. The mixture Is
A., dirty mess before the staining o.
:" one occasion | asked lhoy VINO wa
M aifaluiDg honey what she was solns u
y, do with It, and received lhe reply TIA
ne sho die n0t know, but che sas net som
nr ~ eat u.
Ia In going through the county
found people who were pF'Juuiee'