1897. 



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work briskly when set out a(?ain, and feel contented with the 

 hive they are in. Sometimes less time in a cellar will suflice, 

 aitho I cannot say from experience. If the colony was left in 

 the yard, and the entrance and top of the hive closed with 

 wire-cloth, so they would have plenty of ventilation, and left 

 so until they had used up the honey in their honey-sacs, I be- 

 lieve it would answer as well as the cellar plan. Or, with 

 such a swarm, if it has a laying queen and her wings are not 

 dipt, an entrance-guard or queen-trap can be attacht to the 

 hive, which will prevent the loss of the swarm. 



HOW TO MAKE A SWARM-CATCHER. 



I will describe how to make a swarm-catcher, with which 

 a swarm clustered BO or 35 feet high can be hived nearly as 

 quickly and easily as when near the ground. It requires only 

 a short time to make one. The material, which is worth but 

 a few cents, consists of a large bag made out of any kind of 

 stout, coarse cloth — such a sack as binding-twine comes in is 

 excellent. To hold the mouth of this sack open, a piece of 

 smooth wire as large or a little larger than telegraph wire is 

 used, which is bent to a circle with the ends overlapping some 

 inches, so that they can be tied together with small wire or 

 stout cord. The mouth of the sack is then securely sewed 

 around this wire hoop. A crotcht stick, the prongs of which 

 naturally or of their own accord stay as far or a little farther 

 apart than the diameter of the wire hoop, is used, and with 

 stout cord the end of each prong is tied to the wire hoop 

 directly opposite each other, so that the sack swings free. 

 Now the open mouth of the sack will always point upwards, 

 no matter at what angle the pronged stick may be held. 



The stick below the prongs should be at least 2 feet long, 

 so the small end of a long, light pole can be attacht to it by 

 allowing the two to overlap a couple of feet, and binding them 

 together with two short straps. Different length poles can be 

 used, as they can be attacht or detacht in an instant. 



When a swarm is clustered on a small limb, the catcher 

 can be raised up around them, then quickly raised up, which 

 jars the limb so that the whole swarm falls right into the 

 sack. If they are clustered on a large limb, the mouth of the 

 sack can be raised up under them, then by moving it to one 

 side the bees are brought into the sack, and a swarm can be 

 picked right off the body of a tree, for by letting the mouth of 

 the sack catch on the tjody of the tree below the bees, then 

 gradually raising it up, the bees will be brusht in. 



Until tried, no one would believe from what apparently 

 inaccessible places swarms can be secured with one of these, 

 when rightly made. Southern Minnesota. 



Report of the Utah Coveutlou. 



The Utah State Bee-Keepers' Association held its regular 

 semi-annual convention in Salt Lake City recently, and an ex- 

 cellent program was rendered. There were between 40 and 

 50 bee-keepers present, from different parts of the State, and 

 much interest was manifested in the discussions. 



After the repbrts of the committees on foul brood, trans- 

 portation, etc., the election of officers for the ensuing year- 

 was had, with the following result : 



President — E. S. Lovesy ; Vice-President-at-large, George 

 Hone; Secretary and Treasurer, J. B. Fagg, of Mill Creek : 

 Assistant Secretary, G. E. Garrett. 



The following were elected as County Vice-Presidents : F. 

 Schach and B. Christensen, for Salt Lake county ; Wm. Peay 

 and John Hawkins, for Utah county ; J. A. Smith, for 

 Wasatch ; Wm. E. Smith and G. E. Garrett, for Davis ; J. 

 Hanson, for Box Elder; O. Falkman, for Weber; T. Bilston, 

 for Juab; C. Canuteson, for Sevier; Mrs. Woodbury, for 

 Washington ; George Craner, for Tooele ; Henry Bullock, for 

 Cache ; and T. R. G. Welch, for Morgan. 



PRESIDENT LOVESY'S ADDRESS. 



The address of President Lovesy was then listened to, 

 and was in part as follows : 



"We can congratulate our bee-keepers that in some re- 



spects we meet under more favorable conditions than at any 

 other time in the history of the bee-industry in this State. A 

 satisfactory settlement of two vext questions that have been 

 the cause of much agitation seems about to be realized at last. 

 I refer to the foul brood question and the spraying of fruit- 

 trees while in bloom. Four or five years ago 90 per cent, of 

 the people believed that unless the spraying was done In the 

 bloom no beneficial results would bo obtained, but after many 

 experiments and much experience, it has been demonstrated 

 beyond the shadow of a doubt that there is no coddling-moth 

 present when the trees are in bloom. It has been proven in 

 the green-house and in the open air that the moth will not 

 hatch out or lay their eggs at a less temperature than about 

 60'J. It has also been proven that the trees will blossom and 

 bear fruit at a less temperature than this. Thus we find that 

 in some parts of Utah and other countries fruit is grown 

 where the temperature is too low for the moth to live or exist. 

 Even if imported to the places they will die off without doing 

 any harm. Some of the larvaj can be destroyed if the poison 

 is on the apple when the tiny larva hatches out of the egg, but 

 if much success is to be obtained other plans will have to be 

 adopted to catch and destroy the larva and moth, and thus 

 prevent their destructive work. 



" In regard to the foul brood question, we believe that 

 after all the agitation there has been on the subject, we have 

 at last obtained a law that can be effectively enforced. It is 

 short and to the point, and we see no reason why it should not 

 result in much benefit to the bee-industry in this State. 



"Another ve-y important subject that should be consid- 

 ered by this meeting is the marketing of our products. Honey 

 was brought to this city last fall from Utah county and other 

 points and retailed for one cent a pound less than carload 

 rates which the bee-keepers could have obtained at their own 

 homes, and the expense of hauling could also have been saved. 

 There cannot be any wisdom in a course of this kind ; and a 

 much-desired result might be obtained if some plan could be 

 adopted to prevent this as far as possible. If our bee-keepers 

 having honey to dispose of would report early in the season it 

 might, in many instances, be loaded on the cars and be shipt. 

 This would help to prevent the utter demoralization of our 

 home markets. We have heard complaints that if our bee- 

 keepers would or could adopt some plan to try and reach the 

 consumer without rushing on to the market at any price, it 

 would be better for all concerned, as we all know that all pro- 

 ducts of the farm of every name and nature are being sold, or 

 rather sacrificed, at about half or less than it should be sold 

 for. There can be no prosperity as long as such conditions 

 last. E. S. Lovesy." 



HONEY MARKETING AND TRANSPORTATION.. 



The subjects of marketing and transportation were then 

 taken up. It was shown that honey had been put on the home 

 market at ruinously and unnecessarily low rates. Many sug- 

 gestions were offered, but the general opinion was that the 

 most successful plan would be to buy up the crop, or that part 

 of it that is rusht on the market. It was finally decided to 

 solicit correspondence from the bee-keepers through the State, 

 with a view to find out the amount of honey and wax, and 

 where located, so as to be able to make shipments, and thus 

 help to prevent the demoralization of the honey market. 



FOUL BROOD DISCUSSION. 



The subject of foul brood was then discust. Mr. Scott 

 said so far his bees had not been seriously troubled with foul 

 brood. He described the method by which the bee-keepers of 

 Utah county collected their products for shipment. He 

 thought the bee-keepers in each county should be able to 

 adopt some plan to dispose of their products. 



Wm. Lincoln gave a recipe for the cure of foul brood, say- 

 ing it was a matter in which all bee-keepers should take a 

 deep interest. Frederick Schach continued in the same straiu. 



Pres. Lovesy spoke of the benefit of common salt in the 

 treatment of foul brood, and the disease known as " pickled 

 brood." Some excellent remarks were also made by Vice- 

 Pres. Hone and Messrs. Peay and Hawkins, J. A. Smith, W. 

 E. Smith, and others. 



Mr. Bilston gave an interesting account of how he cleansed 

 his bees from foul brood by putting the hive, frames and all 

 into a steam boiler, made of 2-inch plank. It is 2 feet wide, 

 and S to 12 feet long, or as may be desired, and any depth. 

 A sheet of iron is used for the bottom, and a piece of heavy 

 ducking with a double coat of white lead Is laid between the 

 Iron and wood. The boiler is laid on a brick flue, with a grate 

 and door at the front end, and a small chimney at the back. 



Mr. Swensen thought this was a good and effective plan 

 to get rid of foul brood. It was safe, and saved everything 

 worth saving. 



