Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
BEES WINTERED
100 PER CENT
Good Prospect of rs Per Cent
Honey Crop for 1921,
Report

A New s-B ud get representative
learned considerab elabout sweetness
at the meeting Of the Rusk County Bee
Keepers Association, held in the Cham
Der of Commerce rooms Saturday af-
ternOon Among other items were
these:
Wisconsin is near the top Of the
list of important h0ney-prOducing
states.
The Rusk county honey crop esti-
mate for 1921 is about IS per cent of
full production.
Bees came through the winter in
nearly perfect condition.
Late frosts may have damaged some
honeyproducing plants, such as berry
bushes, and the condition of white
clover is not known at this time, but
on the whole, prospects for a honey
crop are good.
The meeting of the bee keepers was
not largely attended The winter-kill-
ing OF bees Il year ago last winter put
a crimp in the ambitions and the en-
thuSiasm Of many of Rusk cOunty's bee
keepers, but those present showed 40
signs of being dismayed over their
losses
The president of the association,
Rodney Hurlburt, of Sheldon, called
the meeting to order about , o'clock.
Secretary treasurer John Pember, of
COnrath, read the minutes of the last
regular and a special meeting. The
report of the treasurer showed a bal
ance ON hand of $6.27.
Following the payment of dues, Sec.
Pember read a communication from FL.
+. Wilson, secretary of the state as
sOciation, explaining the cooperative
marketing movement of the state as
ISOLATION and urging the Rusk county
body to join it.
Honey Chat
Discussing the question of winter
feed for bees, one bee man expressed
it as his opinion that white clover hon
ey could not be beaten; another
thought that huckWheat honey is all
right another that cane sugar is as
good as any.
On the question Of the right time to
take bees from the cellar, one thought
that the morning was the right time;
another, that toward evening was II
better time: one puts his out on a
moonlight night. He lost half
eighty colonies, because before mora
ing Il misty rain came up and many
bees were lost in the morning. Drift
ing" is the source of much loss. One
lady sets hive near the cellar door
for stray bees to find home in.
One man sells practically his entire
crop through mail orders.
All honey offered for sale, it was
stated, must be stamped as to grade.
If the grade number is not put on, it
must be stamped as 'ungraded.'
The laws governing inspection OF
bees is quite rigid it seems. Bees may
not be moved even onto an adjoining
forty before being inspected. The law
is believed by some to be little too
strict in some respects.
1t was learned that the former Sec
retary-treasurer of the association, K.
X. Wilson. had removed to Pennsyl-
yania. John pember succeeded him.
Officers Elected
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President. Rod
ny Hurlburt; vice-president, Al. A.
Bergwin: Secretary-treasurer, Oakland
HenthOrn.
Those present: Rodney Hurlburt,
Sheldon; Mrs. George Moore, w. e.
Mayou, Al. \. Bergwin. Ladysmith, K.
>: Leo Schoepf. Ladysmith Mrs. K.
Ambrose. town of Grant VIM. Penn
Der. John Pember. Mrs. John Pember,
COnrath; Oakland HenthOrn, Glen
Flora.