Jan. 1, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



comments were indulged in on the subject by many of the 

 bee-keepers present, after which a resolution was offered, 

 and unanimously adopted, instructing the President and 

 Secretary to send a special and urgent invitation to the 

 Executive Committee of the National organization to hold 

 the next convention in Salt Lake City. 



Judge J. L. Bunting gave an interesting account of the 

 industry in the southwestern part of the State. He said the 

 bee- keepers in that section had obtained over an average 

 yield this season. 



Frederick Dart and Vice-President R. S. Rhee, of Weber 

 county, gave interesting sketches in regard to the progress 

 in their localities. Mr. Rhees has over 100 colonies, and he 

 disposed of his products at profitable figures. 



In the general discussion it was shown that with the 

 exception of those places where drouth, grasshoppers or 

 smelter-sraoke prevailed, the bee-keepers have obtained from 

 a fair to a good crop of honey throughout the State. It is 

 hoped that the smelter-smoke problem will soon be settled 

 by the use of smoke-consumers. 



Of interest to the housekeepers was the assertion of 

 Mrs. Mary A. Sorenson, that she has used honey to good 

 advantage as a substitute for sugar, in putting up fruit. 



As illustrative of the possibilities in bee-keeping, Mr. 

 F. W. Young cited a case of a man in his neighborhood 

 who had 8 colonies of bees from which, in one season, he 

 extracted an average of 300 pounds of honey from each, be- 

 sides having several new swarms. 



J. B. Fagg, the regular Secretary, being absent in 

 Europe, J. N. Elliott was chosen to fill the position. A 

 resolution was passed thanking Secretary Fagg for his long 

 and faithful service in the interest of the Association, and 

 also delegated him to represent the Utah Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 tion in England during his sojourn there. 



Among the bee-keepers present who took part in the 

 discussions were the following : Judge J. L. Bunting, Fred- 

 erick Dart, Vice-Pres. R. T. Rhees, Fred Schach, Mrs. 

 Mary A. Sorenson, F. W. Young, N. D. Jenson, N. C. Jen- 

 sen, T. X. Elliott, Mr. Woodbury, of southern Nevada, and 

 others. 



President Lovesy's Address. 



I am pleased to meet our bee-keepers, under fairly fav- 

 orable conditions at this time. While owing to the drouth 

 and grasshoppers in some localities some of our beekeepers 

 have not obtained a full crop the past season, from reliable 

 reports obtained from nearly all over the State we note that 

 the average crop of bee-products in Utah has been equal to 

 those of any other State, the average fiow as reported rang- 

 ing from 50 to 300 pounds. Some wrote that it was the most 

 prosperous season they have had in from 3 to 5 years. In 

 many localities the high-grade product itself is proof of the 

 excellent flow. We took some samples of honey on our late 

 visit to the National Bee-Keepers' Convention in Denver. 

 Some of it was equal, if not superior, to anything in the 

 convention samples. It was presented to the Governor and 

 other prominent Colorado citizens. Had we thought of 

 coming out on top we would have taken more of it. We 

 were treated so grandly by our Colorado and Eastern bee- 

 keeping friends that we will ever look back to this trip as 

 one of the most pleasant events of our lives. There were 6 

 Utah bee-keepers at the convention, and all enjoyed their 

 trip. 



We gave the Association a hearty invitation to hold 

 their convention in Salt Lake City, in 1903, and if they 

 accept we will try. as far as our feeble efforts will prevail, 

 to make their visit as pleasant and agreeable as ours was 

 while in Denver. We believe that if our bee-keepers take 

 sufficient interest in this matter, the Association can be in- 

 duced to come here ; besides, everybody wants to make one 

 or more visits to Salt Lake City, and as the great Irrigation 

 Congress will be held here about the middle of September, 

 1903, the rates will be low, and we can conceive of no reason 

 why our bee-keeping friends should not meet with us. As 

 very few of the prominent bee-keepers of the Association 

 have ever visited Salt Lake City, we hope they will not miss 

 this opportunity. 



As the question of a stronger organization is the order 

 of the time, we hope our bee-keepers will make an effort to 

 get into line. There is great need of improvement, espec- 

 ially in collecting information as to the amount of bee-pro- 

 ducts produced through the country each year, and how to 

 obtain reasonable prices. To begin with, as many of 

 our bee-keepers have obtained a fairly good crop, they must 

 not rush it on an' overstocked home market, at any price. 



Our Secretary, Mr. J. B. Fagg, has left for Europe, 

 where he will travel for two years, and will represent the 



Utah Bee-Keei*ers' Association while there. It will be 

 necessary to elect another Secretary to fill the unexpired 

 term. Our long association has been pleasant and agree- 

 able, and while I regret his absence I wish him a pleasant 

 journey and a safe return. E. S. Loves v. 



THE DENVER CONVENTION. 



Report of the Proceeding's of the 33d Annual 

 Convention of the National Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, held in Denver, Col., on Wed- 

 nesday, Thursday and Friday, 

 Sept. 3, 4 and 5, 1902. 



[Coutiaued from pa^e S22.' 



Vice-Pres. Harris — Can any member inform me where 

 Mr. Mclntyre's paper is, or whether there is one present? 

 It was not read, and I see it was on the program for this 

 morning. It is a little out of the regular order, but if there 

 is no objection our good-looking Secretary will read the 

 paper. 



Dr. Mason — Do you mean me ? 



Vice-Pres. Harris — Yes, I mean you. 



Dr. Mason — I thought the remarks of Mr. Harris would 

 let me out when he said " good looking." You don't want 

 to " put you foot in it " that way. 



Dr. Mason then read the following paper prepared by J. 

 F. Mclntyre, of California, on 



" SELLING EXTRACTED HONEY AT WHOLESALE; 

 HOW TO GET THE BEST PRICES." 



The statement that " to him that hath shall be given," 

 etc., still holds good, only it should be made plainer. To 

 him that hath money shall be given a high price for his 

 produce, and from him that hath not money his produce 

 shall be taken at a very low price, is the saying up-to-date. 

 I believe that this law is as inexorable as Fate, when the 

 words " at wholesale " govern what is said. A poor bee- 

 keeper could peddle his honey, selling directly to consumers 

 who do not know his weakness, at a good price, but the 

 large producer can not do this ; his honey must pass 

 through several hands before reaching the consumer, and 

 the price is governed by the market. 



It is said, "All things come to him who can wait." 

 Ah 1 there is the rub. How can a man wait who has hungry 

 mouths to fill, and interest gnawing at his vitals ? 



I have before me San Francisco's Prices Current of 

 July 4, 1902. Under Honey it says, " Buyers and sellers 

 are too far apart in their ideas of values for much trading." 

 Do you know what that means? It means that those hav- 

 ing honey to sell now in California can zt/aiV. If there was 

 one man who could not wait the buyers would get his honey 

 at the present low price. 



I don't know a single neighbor bee-keeper that has his 

 last year's honey crop now on hand ; they have all sold at 

 a low price to speculators. Only a ■small portion of their 

 honey has reached the consumer; the balance is in the 

 hands of strong men who bought at a low price and are 

 holding for a high price. 



At our conventions this is often asked, " What are 

 we going to do with the small producer who is too weak to 

 hold his honey, and breaks the market?" I always look at 

 the questioner to see if he wants to kill the small producer, 

 let the speculators eat him up, or or^a/;/-*? him. The ques- 

 tion has never been answered to the satisfaction of every 

 one present, but nearly all seem to feel as if the man had 

 done wrong by selling so cheap. 



The big-hearted man, with the love of humanity thrill- 

 ing in his breast, gets up and says, " We really must or- 

 ganize these poor fellows so they will be able to hold their 

 honey for a better price." The stoic gets up and asks " how 

 much longer 100 of them would hold out than one, if thej- 

 were all in the same fix and imcst have money /" The deal- 

 ers would laugh at such a weak corner on honey as that, 

 and wait a very short time until it went to pieces. The 

 " bulls '■ must have real slrength : bellowing and pawing 

 the dust does not scare the " bears " very much, so the or- 

 ganization fails to make its corner efifective, the officers are 

 blamed, and things are in worse shape than they were 

 before. 



Is there no hope, then, for the man who is too weak to 

 hold his crop ? Yes, there is still hope. The citrus fruit- 



