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tar more than other alfalfa. It is my 

 understanding that unirrigated alfalfa 

 does not yield nectar. 



Mr. Dadant — As I understand it they 

 have fields of alfalfa in Kansas that 

 are not irrigated that yield honey. 



Mr. Farrington — They have yields 

 from alfalfa in Kansas that is not irri- 

 gated I am sure. 



Pres. Kannenberg — We have on our 

 program, "CROP REPORTS". I w6uld 

 like to hear from any who have had 

 good crop reports. 



Mr. Dadant — I think it would be a 

 good idea to have each one get up in 

 turn and give his individual crop re- 

 port; state what per cent of a crop he 

 had; whether he had no crop, whAt the 

 prospect is for next year, and let the 

 stenographer take it down, and wfe will 

 get the general average of what the 

 crop has been and what the prospect 

 is for a good crop as represented by 

 this meeting. 



Mr. Edward Hassinger — "What would 

 you regard as a full crop or a half 

 crop? 



Pres. Kannenberg — It depends, I guess, 

 on how many colonies you have. If 

 you have had no crop you will know; 

 if you have had a good one you can 

 state that. 



Mr. Dadant — Base it on the average: 

 How many pounds per colony you 

 count for the crop as an average, and 

 whether your crop has been above or 

 below the average. 



Dr. Brinckerhpff — That would be all 

 right for those who kept bees quite a 

 while, but with the amateur — he would 

 not know whether he was getting a big 

 crop when he got three sections or 

 when he got 40. 



Mr. Bull — Give the average yield per 

 colony, 



Mr. Klein — I am aware that bees do 

 not work alike; gome are more indus- 

 trious than others. I have had an ex- 

 perience this last season; two or three 

 of my hives did not do well while others 

 brought in abundantly. 



Pres. Kannenberg — Then figure it to- 

 gether; see what you have when the 

 season is over, whether you had a 

 good crop or a poor one. 



Secretary Dadant — Mr. Harnack Wil- 

 bert will give his report, please. 



Mr. Wilbert — This year in our coun- 

 try we didn't have a very good crop; I 

 have been running it with other thing.a. 

 I run most of my bees for extracted, 

 few comb. I kept two yards about four 



miles apart. Some of the bee-keepers 

 in my country have gotten no honey. I 

 think it was on account of not giving 

 their bees proper care; mine averaged ^ 

 not more than one-half. We figured 

 this year about 40 lbs. to the colony; 

 other years we were getting about SO to 

 100. 



Pres. Kannenberg — What is the crop 

 of Mr. R. H. Schmidt? 



Mr. Schmidt — I have 140 colonies and 

 my crop for this year averaged 80 !bs. 

 per colony, extracted. 



Mr. Bull — I would like to suggest 

 that the location be given in giving 

 these reports. 



Mr. Wilbert — My location is in Iowa, 

 near McGregor, Golden County, 250 

 miles from here. 



Mr. R. H. Schmidt — Sheboygan. 



Mr. Bull — Northwestern Indiana; my 

 yield, 40 lbs., the average, all extracted. 



Mr. Dadant — What are the pros- 

 pects? 



Mr. Bull — The prospects are poor 

 things to figure on. 



Mr. Dadant — With us we know we 

 have no prospect becgiuse we have no 

 clover in the ground. In Wisconsin, 

 they may have a poorer season than 

 we have had, but they have the pros- 

 pect good and we, have not. 



Mr. Bull— To tell you the truth I have 

 been too busy to look after the pros- 

 pect. 



Mr. M. M. Baldridge — Forty miles 

 west of Chicago. My bees this last 

 year have given about 50 lbs., comb 

 honey, to the colony. The prospect^: 

 for the, coming year I think are very 

 good, alsike and white clover. 



Mr. J. W^. Lang — I have 40 hives of 

 bees; we have no honey at all, no sur- 

 plus; some of them made a little honey; 

 some of them- not enough to live 

 through the winter. I live about 100 

 •miles south qf Chicago. It is not be- 

 cause I did not take good care of mj 

 bees. I am a great friend of bees and 

 take good care of them; I gave them 

 full foundation when I put them in the 

 hive, and plenty of room to work in. 



We have been for two and one -half 

 months without rain. The prospect for 

 next year is very poor, for we had no 

 rain to start the new clover, so it has 

 not sprouted at all, and if it doesn't do 

 that in our country we will not get a 

 crop next year. If we want honey, we 

 will have to have our white clover 

 sprouted and take root in the fall, then 



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