1910 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



439 



Bees are doing well. 

 Syracuse. N. Y., July 9. 



The a. I. Root Co. 



1, good: 2. favorable; 3, a little dry; 4, no better in 

 twenty years: white clover: 5, no good last year; fi, 

 some 100 lbs. to colony: 8, about one-half comb; 9, 

 white clover fine; 11, 10 cts. extracted, 15 cts. comb; 

 12, yes. 



Shenandoah, Iowa, June 11. O. H. Hyatt. 



1, fair; 2, too dry: 3. from drouth; 4, below aver- 

 age; 5, about the same; 6, 35 per cent; 7, 75 per cent; 

 8. mostly comb; 9, nearly white; 10, comb, 14 to 15; 

 8}i for extracted; 11. comb, 14 to 15; 8% for extract- 

 ed; 12, too early to tell. 



Flat Rock, Mich., July 11. D. I. AVagar. 



The prospects for a honey crop in this locality are 

 certainly very discouraging. While a part of the 

 State will have some kind of a crop, the chances are 

 that this locality will have but a very small part. 

 The Colorado Honey-producers' Ass'n. 



Denver, Col., July 6. 



No. 1. Bees in good condition; 2. unfavorable; 3 

 drouth; 4, one-fourth crop; 5, about the same, bar- 

 ring honey-dew: 6, none; 75 lbs. from 170 colonies 

 up to date: 7, about the same; 8, comb; 9, white; 

 no honey-dew to date: 10, 12M^ cts.: 11. not any thing 

 to hold; 12, don't seem to. G. B. Taccaberry. 



Cantul, Iowa. 



Central Vermont.—l, good; 2, all kinds, hot and 

 wet; 3, thunder showers frequent; 4, good average; 



5, all better; fi. fair crop on hives; 7, no surplus last 

 year; 8, comb, some both; 9, good white; 10, none on 

 market: 11, comb 16, extracted 12 cts.; 12, none 

 moved yet. Bees nearly starved to June 15. Scale 

 hive up to 11 lbs. net, one day. 



Barre, Vt., July 4. H. William Scott. 



1, below the average; 2, very unfavorable; 3. ex- 

 treme drouth: 4, poorest in years; 5, not as good; 



6. of comb, about i per cent; 7, less than half crop: 

 8, both; 9. water-white: 10. no market established: 

 11, extracted fancy comb, 18 to 20: 12, none sold yet. 



Basswood will bloom in a few days: but a p.art of 

 the trees show no indications of blooming. It did 

 not bloom here last year. 



Chatfleld, :Minn., July 8. John J. Kadletz. 



The bees are doing excellent work since the warm 

 weather has come. ' A good new swarm filled a com- 

 mon-sized hive for me in about five days when I 

 put a super on, and they will have the sections full 

 in a couple of days more. The white clover was a 

 big crop until the hot dry weather came, which is 

 drying it up fast. We have had but one good rain 

 in the past for week,s, and that was the 26th of June. 



Quasqueton, Iowa, July 8. A. D. Stoneman. 



My report for honey prospects so far: 1, condition 

 of bees, poor; 2. climatic conditions, very bad till 

 June 7; 3, getting drouthy; 4, rather poor: 5. not so 

 good as last year; 6. more; 7. less than last year; 

 8, comb: 9, white: 10, 11, and 12. no information. 



The bad weather of the last part of May and the 

 first week of June, when the bees pulled out their 

 drones, and in some cases worker brood, gave hon- 

 ey prospects a black eye. 



Lapeer, Mich., Jvily 5. R. L. Taylor. 



In the meantime we wish our readers ev- 

 erywhere to keep on sending in their re- 

 sponses to t/ns same set of questions. Con- 

 ditions are changing so rapidly now, that 

 before we can determine what the honey 

 market is or will be we shall have to know 

 something of crop conditions. To that end 

 we respectfully request that the actual facts 

 be given as nearly as may be. A suppres- 

 sion of the fact that a honey cro]) has been 

 secured will defeat its object later on by a 

 slump in the market in that locality. Bet- 

 ter by far let the facts be known just as 

 they are. 



TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OF HONEY-CROP 

 CONDITIONS. 



We sent the following letter on Monday, 

 the 11th, to various parties in the several 



States: 



Dear Sir: — For the purpose of publication just as 

 the last form of the journal goes to press I wish that 

 you would wire us a night letter of 50 words giving 

 prospects of a honey crop, based on the reports 

 that have come into your office, and on your own 

 observations from local reports in your vicinity. I 

 wish you would also call up the local market and 

 ascertain whether there is any honey on the mar- 

 ket; if so, what prices are i-uling? Prepare the 

 night letter as soon as you get this letter, and send 

 it to the Western Union office marked "night let- 

 ter," when it will come on as soon as it can go. 



E. R. Root. Ed. of Gleanings. 



The following are the replies received just 

 as we go to press: 



Very poor crop. The A. I. Root Co. 



Washington, D. C, July 12. 



General reports from one-third to one-half crop. 



Platteville. Wis., July 12. N. E. France. 



I can not see more than half a crop. Drouth has 

 cut clover and basswood short; no honey to ship. 



Fremont, Mich., July 12. Geo. E. Hilton. 



Iowa honey crop is reported a little below the av- 

 erage. Pretty dry now. 



Des Moines, July 13. The A. I. Root Co. 



Fair to medium crop in this vicinity; prices prob- 

 ably higher. 



New York. July 13. The A. I. Root Co. 



Abundant clover, but cold rains prevented bees 

 gathering. Twenty per cent average. 



Philadelphia, July 13. Wm. A. Selser. 



The honey crop in Western Vermont will be very 

 large — one of our best years. The crop in Eastern 

 and Central Massachusetts will be light. 



Middlebury, Vt., July 12. J. E. Cbane. 



The majority of our customers in Missouri, Ar- 

 kansas, and Southern States report a very light 

 crop — below that of last season. Bees are working 

 fairly well now, and prospects are better for a fall 

 crop. Honey is considered of good grade. 



Blanke & IlAUKE Supply Co. 



St. Louis, Mo., July 12. 



We estimate about half a crop for Michigan. 

 Some localities are especially favored; other sec- 

 tions are the worst in years. The quality of honey 

 is good. A general rain in the next few days ■would 

 continue the clover flow and change the above re- 

 port for the better. No reports of honey-dew. 



Lansing, Mich., July 12, M. H. Hunt & Son. 



The honey crop in Indiana is about the average 

 in quantity and quality. The central and northern 

 parts of the State have the best crop that has been 

 taken for years: but the southern part of the State 

 has not done so well. The season is extending far 

 into July, and fall prospects are excellent. Very 

 little new honey is on the market, and prices for 

 the new crop are not yet established. 



Indianapolis. Ind.. July 12. W. S. Pouder. 



The supply business with me this season Is almost 

 a failure. Conditions are the worst I have ever 

 known. While there is clover in abundance, for 

 some reason it is not yielding the nectar it should. 

 If the crop of honey hereabout amounts to half of a 

 normal yield I shall be surprised. There has been 

 practically no sale for hives, and the demand for 

 sections and foundation is very light. I understand 

 there has been an almost unprecedented honey-flow 

 in Indiana. It has certainly sidestepped Ohio if my 

 trade is any indication. 



Zanes\Mlle. Ohio. July 11. E. W. Peirce. 



Reports early in the season were very discourag- 

 ing. However, for the past three or four weeks we 

 have had some very favorable reports which lead 

 lis to believe that the honey crop for the central 

 West will be about an average one. L.Tst night I 

 rode home with Mr. York, and he told me that a 

 letter from Mr. France yesterday informed him he 

 had already harvested a crop of :TO.0OO Ib.s. Orders 

 for shipping-cases have been coming in quite fast 

 for the past few days. This would also indicate that 

 there is honey in sight. The A. I. Root Co.. 



Chicago, July 12. per R. W. B. 



We hope to present the facts as accurately 

 as possible, and to this end again urge our 

 readers to co-operate by sending comprehen- 

 sive but brief reports. The sooner the actual 

 conditions can be known, the better. 



