The Delta independent., 1907-02-01
COLORADO BEE KEEPERs,
Twenty-Seventh Annual Convention
. Meets in Denver,


Denver.-Ihe establishment OF bee
breeding sa'.ons by the government
where pur mated queen bees may be
secured BY bee breeders in the same
manner as s.eds are now distributed
by the Ae' cultural Department, was
advocated i. the afternoon session Of
the twent! zenith annual convention
Of the Col"!alo Bee Keepers Associa-
ton, whic opened Tuesday morning
at the cha jcr of commerce.
To carry y.t the organizations plans
a commit consisting of Frank
Rauchfuss Denver, NJ. A. Gill Of Fort
Collins an Oliver Foster, was ap-
pointed to lonfer by letter with Frank
Bentley, b Of the United States en-
tomologica. apartment. This depart
ment now eds bees. imported from
all over th, J-ld. but for experimental
purposes oG.E According to the idea
outlined b he bee keepers yesterday
breeding salons would be established
in Colorao and other sections of the
country uL "r federal supervision with
the matins Il bees of the best breeds
as the man object. Queen bees are
wont to n4a,e on the wing SO that the
breeders ar unable to tell whether or
not the H.. which they bring home
are pure.
The only way Of preventing impure
mating is k"eping the swarms in
yards. IT,. stations would not be un.
like the e2p" rimental horse station now
conducted at Fort Collins in purpose.
the only d.@.rence being that the bees
bred woult be distributed on request,
whereas the horses bred by the govern
ment are o:. y experimental with.
II q stauon was cond..ted In Colo
rado q be- keeper living in Wisconsin
could write for queen bee and mate
and would receive in return the bees en-.
closed in a ,iny cage made for the pur.
pose. TIL objection raised by the few
members iresen. who opposed the
idea was ma, If bee keepers were al.
lowed to receive their bees from the
government cattle owners would have
q right 10 make requests for horses
reared at The experimental stations.
Another question OF importance dis
cussed was the proposed food law now
before thc legislature in its relation
to the hon. interests of the state. A
stringent Inspection OF honey was ad-
vocated anG a resolution adopted urg
ing an appropriation OF $4,000 for
such insp "ction.
The couyention opened with the an
nual addr, SIS OF President W. P. Col
Inns Of Boulder. He urged coopera-
ton Of tn, members in securing an i'm
portant 7 ace for the honey industry
in ColoraG A paper on How l Sue
ceeded In detailing Extracted Honey"
read by Francis OF Erie, opened the
afternoon meeting. Mr.. Francis
showed tha. he was successful In retail!
trade, bu, others who discussed the
paper tolt different stories.
In my case" declared 7. W. Por'
ter Of Boulder. retail trade has
worked successfully In country towns.
but not H. cities. The reason Is that
city peopl. are not as honest as coun'
try peopl can't afford to lose
money o. the jars which they won't
return"
Whom I began dealing in retail
hone, in the city" said Fred Bidner
81 informed my customers that every
jar = ;urned meant free jar OF
honoy This plan worked all right al
first. hut later ! found the crafty ones
bringing me every old jar they could
find
"ls he Pure Food Law Responsible
for III" Advance in the Price oi
Honey %" was one Of the topics on the
program. which produced considerable
diversity of opinion The consensus
howc,,r. was that at least fifty per
cent, the increas" was due to the
laws DIVISION in regard 10 the use oi
elucns'