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during the entire season. The results of the 1921 season confirm those 

 obtained in 1920, since the colonies which ranked first, second, third 

 and fourth in carrying capacity also ranked first, second, third and 

 fourth in the amount of honey produced. In 1920, the colonies that 

 ranked first and second in the individual carrying capacity, also ranked 

 first and second in the total amount of honey stored. 



As the season of 1921 was the second during which this experiment 

 has been conducted, naturally more data were collected than during 

 the first year. The following table summarizes some of the most 

 striking results obtained during the second year of this work. 



Table III. — Comparison of Some Physical Characters and Amount of 

 Honey Stored During 1921 



Hive number 1 2 3 4 5 6 



No. bees in 5th 3d 1st 4th 2d 6th 



hive June 15 23,740 35,625 42,500 25,000 40,000 17,500 

 Honey stored 



between June 3d 5th 1st 4th 2d 6th 



15 & July 15, 62K 29J^ 85% 55% 79 24% 



in pounds 

 Average length 



of tongue 6th 3d 1st 4th 2d 5th 



in mm. 3.57 3.62 3.86 3.61 3.84 3.59 



Average weight 5th 3d 1st 4th 2d 6th 



of bee in mg. 82.1 86.1 93.6 84.6 86.5 70.6 



Carrying 4th 5th 1st 2d 3d 6th 



capacity in mg. 19.59 18.67 21.63 20.05 19.89 18.64 

 Total honey 



produced in 4th 6th 1st 2d 3d 5th 



pounds 56% 16K 119K 82K 68% 43 



These hives were kept on platform scales throughout the season, 

 and a record was made of the daily changes in weight, which indicated 

 whether or not nectar was being brought into the hives. These records 

 show that the main honey flow stopped on July 28, or 13 days after the 

 mid-season weighing was made. Some very interesting facts were 

 brought out by a study of the data, comparing the length of tongue, 

 the weight of the bee, the number of bees which were in the hive on 

 June "15, and the amount of honey stored during the heaviest part of 

 the honey flow. Hive No. 3 was first in all of these respects; hive 

 No. 5 was second, and hive No. 4 was fourth. Hive No. 2, which 

 was third in number of bees on June 15th and third in length of tongue 

 and the weight of the individual bee, drops to fifth place in its carrying 

 capacity and also to fifth place in amount of honey stored between June 

 15 and July 15, and was sixth in rank in the total amount of honey 

 produced for the season. Colony No. 2 and colony No. 6 were practical- 

 ly equal in carrying capacity and ranked sixth and fifth respectively 

 in the total amount of honey produced. Colony No. 1, which was 

 fifth in the number of bees, sixth in the length of the tongue, and fifth 



