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in gallons (extracted honey), but the majority report it in pounds 

 (comb honey). Bringing all these reports together and averaging 

 them, we find the following: 



HONEY YIELD FROM DIFFERENT RACES OF BEES'. 



Race of Bees. 



Italians 

 Hybrids 

 Blacks - 



Total 

 Bee-keepers 

 Reporting. 



89 

 83 



Yield in Gallons. 



Number 

 Reporting. 



4 

 11 

 20 



Average 



Yield 

 Per Hive. 



4 gallons. 



4 gallons. 



'SVz gallons. 



Yield in Pounds. 



Number 

 Reporting. 



85 

 72 

 68 



Average 



Yield 

 Per Hive. 



40% pounds. 

 34M; pounds. 

 26V3 pounds. 



From the above we see that the Italians lead the Hybrids by an 

 average of 6 pounds per hive each season, while the Hybrids in turn 

 lead the Blacks by an average of 8 pounds. This puts the Italians 

 14 pounds ahead of the Blacks in average yield per hive each season. 

 In these cases, also, there is a sufficient number reporting to give re- 

 liability, and they demonstrate the advantage of the Italians over the 

 others. As regards gallons of extracted honey, there are too few 

 reporting to give so reliable a comparison, but here we find the Italians 

 and Hybrids standing together with an average yield of 1 gallons, 

 while the Blacks follow at 3^ gallons. It is to be noted that only 

 four of the 89 persons who keep Italians report the yield in gallons, 

 eleven of those with Hybrids report in gallons, and twenty of those 

 who keep Blacks give the yield in gallons. The Italians have an 

 advantage in the care given them, for most of those keeping Italians 

 use some improved type of hive, while fully half of those who keep 

 the Blacks keep them in old hollow-log "gums." In the east, where, 

 as already mentioned, there are interminable swamps and forests of 

 fine bee pasturage, and where there are countless swarms of wild bees 

 in the forests, we find the Black bees predominating in the apiaries, 

 and this largely accounts for the low average yield. Considering, 

 now, only the larger bee-keepers, those having fifty or more colonies, 

 we find : 



DISTRIBUTION OF ITALIAN, BLACK AND HYBRID BEES IN APIARIES OF FIFTY OR 



MORE COLONIES. 



Section of State. 



East 



Piedmont 

 West 



Number 

 Keeping 

 Italians. 



Number 

 Keeping 

 Hybrids. 



-10- 



Number 

 Keeping 

 Blacks. 



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none. 



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