. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 188 THE BRITISH BEE JOUBNAL. April 15, 1920. Bee-Keepers' Association of British Columbia. KOOTENAY DIVISION. The second annual meeting of the Kootenay Division, Bee-keepers' Associa- tion of British Columbia, was held at the Board of , Nelson, on Satur- day, January 17, 1920. The President, Major-General Lord Aylmer, presided, and there was a good attendance. The annual report stated that the past season had been about an average one for honey pro- duction in the Kootenays. The total crop is estimated to have been 23| tons, and
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 188 THE BRITISH BEE JOUBNAL. April 15, 1920. Bee-Keepers' Association of British Columbia. KOOTENAY DIVISION. The second annual meeting of the Kootenay Division, Bee-keepers' Associa- tion of British Columbia, was held at the Board of , Nelson, on Satur- day, January 17, 1920. The President, Major-General Lord Aylmer, presided, and there was a good attendance. The annual report stated that the past season had been about an average one for honey pro- duction in the Kootenays. The total crop is estimated to have been 23| tons, and the average pei- hive 50 lbs., against 21 tons for 1918. The general average for the whole Province is estima,ted at 38 lbs. per hive. The weather on the whole was too dry for realising a larger quantity. In favoured localities where the rainfall was more abundant, record yields were obtained. One of the members in the Slocan Vallev reported 2,100 lbs. surplus from three hives, spring count, the largest yield yet recorded in the Province. In Creston and Castlegar honey dew was gathered bv the bees owing to the dry weather. Thi-ee colonies in two apiaries were found to be aff^ected with American foul-brood, and it was T)roved, beyond a doubt, that the disease had been brought in with -package bees import^ed from the United States. These were all destroyed. There were good exhibits of honey shown at the Nelson Fair last September. The "Aylmer Trophy," consisting of a hand- some clock, donated by the President, for the exhibitor scoring the highest number of points, viz., three for a first, two for a second, and one for a third prize, was won by Mr. R. V. Ramsden, Nelson. The silver medal, donated by the Canadian Bank of Commerce, for the best twelve jars of extracted honev, went to Mr. 11. E. Sainsburv, Cranbrook; and the bronze medal, similarlv donated, to Mr. R. V. Ramsden for the best twelve sections of comb honey. Association honey labels were taken by the m
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