The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-06
BEE KEEPERS
OF UTAH MEET
industry in Thriving Condition
Owing to Improved
Methods.
GOOD MARKET FOR HONEY
REPORT OF E. S. LOVESY, PRESI-
DENT OF THE ASSOCIATION.
GOOD MARKET FOR HONEY

Through improved methods of ventila-
ton of hives a much better quality OF
honey is being raised in Titan, as SHOWN
in reports of several bee men at the
meeting of the Utah Bee Keepers as
sOciatiOn meeting yesterday IN the Getty
council chamber. Honey men declared
there never had been such a good mar
ket for Utah honey as at the present
time, owing to the improved conditions
throughout the state. AS a rule cents
a pound is being paid in Salt Lake, and
one bee man reported he had sent two
carloads to California, for which he
had received 6 cents a pound for the
entire shipment.
The association adopted resolutions
in memory Of A. Milton Musser, VINO
died Recently. Mr. Musser was plO-
neer in this industry in the state and
was the first president of the Deseret
Bee Keepers association, organized in
1872. He had always been prominent in
the work of the organization.
Report of President.
z. S. Lovesy, president of the organi-
cation, made the following report to the
association
while the bee industry in the state
is fairly prosperous, there is much
room for Improvement. Some method
more interest in the industry. and also
a greater union of interest as members
of our state. county and national bee
keepers association. The queS-
ton has been often asked: What ben
eft have those associations been to the
bee keepers financially?' In answer 1
would say that if those unions are not
a benefit to us individually in every
sense of the word it is our own fault;
while the fraternal brotherhood that
should exist among us bee keepers is
worth ten times more in dollars and
cents than we-haVe ever paid.
Great Good Accomplished.
'"Then, as to the national association.
Aside from its many benefits, we can
hardly be up-to-date bee keepers with
out being members thereof And in re-
gard TO our state association, it should
be sustained for the great benefit it has
been to the bee industry in Utah. Much
time and money has been spent with
out cost to the bee keepers at large to
get laws passed for the protection Of
the industry from disease, and al'O in
protecting the bees against spraying
in the bloom. And if this work had not
been done the bee industry would have
been practically destroyed in this state.
The county associations have assisted
along lneSe lines. anu llUiG SlioIlO BG
organized to create a fraternal union
among our bee keepers, if for nothing
more.
but as I think have served the bee
keepers long and faithfully. nothing
would please me more than a release
and a good, long rest.
This Seasons Conditions.
''In regard to conditions this season;
They appear TO be fully up to the aver
age, while in some parts of the state
II has been too cold and damp. and in
a few places. from the first of June to
the end of July. it was too dry. But
after that date the bees have done very
well. Our best reports come from the
south. One bee keeper from down there
Informs me that his bees brought in
more than half a ton of honey per day.
and several carloads of honey have
been shipped. with a ready market.
There is no question but that there is
more profit for the amount Of money in
vested in the bee industry than in any
other agricultural pursuit, and I think
the state should protect the bee indus
try in proportion to its protection OF
other agricultural industries"