Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
BEES AND HONEY.

Hw%HE following letter was fur
nished TO the 'News' by Presl-
dent ". s. Lovesy Of the Utah
Beekeepers' association and Is
IA review OF the apIary situation
IA Utah:
While the bee industry IN the begin
ming of the new century has ben fair
Is prosperous In some portions of the
state all things considered, the condl-
lions existing In the hitherto great
honey producing belt through the cen-
tral part Of the state from east to
west are not so gratifying, We have
received some very good reports, but
on the whole they have not been near
~ 80 encouraging and successful as is
desired. In most of the southern coun-
ties the honey How as rule has been
good and favorable conditions have
prevailed generally IN most localities
south Of Price, and In the northern
part of the state at nearly all points
north of Ogden We have received
some good reports from some of those
localities The greater portion Of the
honey has been disposed Of but there are
stll several carloads of No, / white al.
ialfa honey on hand which can be had
at reasonable rates. The favorable con.
ditlons existing IN the northern and
southern parts OF the state, over and
above the central parts, are something
out OF the common. Some of the causes
for this have been better supply of
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sect pests. Thus some of the reports
from favorable localities In the south
eln part Of the state have been above
the average Of some other years, some
Of them being over l25 pounds, while
the central parts Of the state. between
Ogden and Price, have ranged all the
way from 100 pounds to nothing The
entire district which heretofore has
generally been the best part OF the
state for honey flow, this season win
average but half crop. In Uintah
county the first partial failure ever re-
ported Is said To have been due 20 vast
numbers Of very small insects secroted
In the blossoms Of the alfalfa and
sweet clover and which are supposed
to have deyourod the nectar as fast as
It was secrc,ed IN the blossoms The
appearance Of the Insects In question IS
supposed to have been partially caubad
by the hot, dry weather. While other
causes are given for partial failure
In other localities the principal rea-
sons seem TO have been drouth and
grasshoppcrs, In addition to these In
Salt Lake county we have the smelter
smoke TO contend with and the ques-
tions named are all more or less inter-
estiug topics to farmers, frult-growers
and others as well as beekeepers ~ we
consider the smeter smoke question
we find that any quantity Of bees that
we may place between the Jordan river
and Ninth East street and south or
Twelfth South always die off, except a
few az the foothills at the extreme
south end Of the valley, and If placed
near the shelters they always die off
inside OF ninety days. even I'm the sum
MGR yeaeOn. We have also been In.
formed that considerable stock, chick
ems, ETC., have died through eating
green mcern ana other vegetation near
the shelters The loss to the agricultuG-
al Industries through the smoke is on
enough importance to necessitate the
use Of smoke consumers
The drouth question as far as pres
ent indications are concerned. bids fair
20 be remedled by promise Of a suh-
clent supply Of irrigation water. But
the grasshopper question was the most
serious of all 90 our farmers, fruit
growers and beekeepers the past sea-
son in parts Of Davis, Salt Lake, Utah