The herald., 1896-02-04
A MEETING OF APlARISTS
A Beekeepers' Exchange viii Push
Honey Sales
riuch Enthusiasm Manifested at the Chamber
of Commerce HeetIng Yesterday-A
Humn1ing Success Statistics

The price of honey has been for q long
time at such a low figure owing TO competi-
ton between rival producers that on the
10th of November last a meeting of state
bse keepers was held to consider their in
terests.
A committee was appointed to meet at q
later date at the Hoffman house, on the
10th day of January, and it then was de-
termined to form a chartered association
under the laws of the state for cooperation,
to locate storage warehouses where the
product could be held as it was sent in by
the various members of the association,
and dispoaed Of under the superintendence
of capable general manager. The MEM
bers of the committee who made this rec
ommendation are: George w. Brodbeck,
N. Levering, DR.. S. A. Millard and S. s.
Stupblefield. Los Angeles; r. Touchton,
Santa Paula; M. II. Richardson, Fremont
Vile; r. Dunn, Fillmore; r. B. Heron,
San Bernardino; c. H. Clayton, Lang;
Prof. A. ]. Clark of the Interstate associa-
ton, and j. II. Martin of Bloomington,
secretary. Prior to the meeting being
called to order yesterday j. Covey of Santa
Paula, who has been n bee keeper in his
the rates of freight charges by the railway
company are 80 per ton to San Francisco
and $3.50 per ton to Los Angeles, only
thirty-five miles distant. The rate from
Soledad and Newhall to the coast is the
same as to San Francisco. Owing to the
absence of Prof. A. J. Clark, president of
State Bee Keepers association, his
G. H.. Clayton of Lang, who called
upon G. w. BrodbecK, who read the arti-
cles of incorporation of the boekeepers'
exchange, which are drawnin accordance
with the cooperative law of 1895, which
gives equal rights to each member. These,
upon motion. were approved. The COM
rnittee on bylaws then reported, after
some objections had been made as to the
voting of those who had not signed the
agreement or paid their assessment. A
representative of the fruit-growers' asso-
ciaticn, A. H. Naftzghes of the citrus asso-
citation, briefly addressed the meeting by
request, and said that the association was
in sympathy with the objects of the bee
keepers. and would be glad to helpit in the
way OF affording i. the use of their ma
chinery upon terms mutually to be agreed
upon. Mr.. Champln of the Southern Cali
fornia fruit exchanges said that the time
was ripe for confederation of all the ex-
changes engaged in the distribution of
California products, SO as to save expense,
and to come into closer touch with the
consumer. A vote of thanks to the fruit
exchanges was passed unanimously for the
proffer of help. The state association then
adjourned to meet again in Los Angeles at
the call OF the president, after vote of
thanks to Judge Hatch for his legal SER
vices. J. M. Eambaugh of San Diego was
then called to the chair, and the conven-
ton, having become members of the bee
keepers exchange, it went into committee
OF the whole to consider the bylaws of the
new organization. The names of the first
incorporators are G. W. Brodbeck of Los
ANGELES; G. H. CLAYTON, Lang, Robert
Angeles; W. Levering, Colgrove
B. S. X. Bennett, of Los Angeles; John H.
Martin, Bloomington; G. S. Stubblefield
and b. j. Cole. of Los Angeles; r. Touch
ton, of Santa Paula; w. 4. Richardson, of
Fremontville, Ventura county. The by
laws were then taken up, clause by clause,
and after debate were adopted with but
slight changes.
The interests of bee culture in the state
are rapidly growing in Importance, and the
attention of the practical apiarists who are
on the directorate will be devoted not only
to the economical extraction of honey and
the preparation of wax and ether by pro-
ducts, but to find more extensive outlets
for the products OF our own hives. In this
connection it may not be uuinteresting to
record the achievements of some of our
apiarists in 1895. ID. A. Wheeler, of River
side, got sixty tons of honey from 900 colo
MES OF bees; Il. u. Wilder, of Bloomington,
twelve tons from 120 colonies; NJ. Segars,
OF Sacramento, twenty tons from 800 col
onies; John Fox, fifteen tons from 500
colonies; NJ. Oderlin, 10 tons from 14O
colonies; Emerson Bros, "a tons from 200
colonies; W. w. Walk, Newhall, eight tons
from 100 colonies; Chris Hoppe, Santa
Monica. twenty tons from 400 colonies;
and A. B. Mellen shipped east two full car
loads of choice comb honey. George W.
Brodbeck produced two hundred cases
of fancy honey from new apiary and a
new location in Calabasis. Will
lam Nj. Rasmussen, of Independence,
Inyo county has taken 2l,7OO filled sec
tions from $50 bee colonies. Mrs. w. Il.
Clark of Bloomington managed alone an
apiary until the saccharine product was
ready to case, when, with some help from
her dear lord and master, she extracted
twelve tons. l. o. Andrews of Rincon took
last year twenty-seven tons Of extracted
honey from 400 colonies, and this ends the
sweet story of bee flats, as j. Covey, teh
jolly, patriarchial apiarist, calls his CON
freres.