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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Aug. 15 



(iood crop. 



Roise Valley, Idaho. 



1, pood: 2, at first unfavorable but favorable now: 

 ;?, neither: 4. fairly qrood: T), miioh better: 6, about 

 60 |)er cent: 7. three times as nmch this year: 8, 

 comb honey: 9, white: 1(1, not buying: at present; 11. 

 15 cts.: 12, slow. 



Beanlstown, 111. 



1, very eood: 2, very dry, otherwise fine: :3, very 

 dry — every thing dried up; 4, probably half a crop- 

 .">. much better than last year: (i, about 00 percent: 

 7, about 80 per cent better: 8. very little produced, 

 but mostly comb: 9. white: 10, li to Ifi; 11, very lit- 

 tle here — about enough for the home trade. 



(ienoa. 111. 



1, poor to eood; 2, too wet; 3. wet weather: 4, not 

 very good: 5, not a pound stored in the supers yet; 

 6, nothing: 7, last year the same: 8, comb: 10, 15 to 

 20 cts. per lb.: 11, about 20 cts.: 12, no crop to move. 

 The prospect from goldenrod is good. We have also 

 smartweed and Spanish needle in the fall. 



Percy, 111. 



1, splendid: 2. same till middle of July; too dry 

 since then; white clover all dried up: :!, yes: 4, 100 

 lbs. from swarm hived May 10 on full sheets of foun- 

 dation: will finish up 200 lbs. of cf)rab honey if it 

 rains: 5, 1909 poor year; 6. 80 i^er cent: 7, not much 

 to compare: 8, both clover and white, catnip, amber; 

 10, comb, 20 cts.: extracted, 125^^; 11, same; 12, yes. 



Jonesboro, Ind,, Aug. 6. 



The honey crop here is light — only about 40 per 

 cent: and honey is so thick it is almost a nuisance 

 to work with it. It is the thickest clover honey I 

 have ever had to extract in my experience of thir- 

 ty-five years. 



Cascade, Iowa. 



1, fine: 2. favorable: H, good in the eastern part of 

 tlie .'^tate: 4. no prospects; 5, good prospects last 

 year; 6. none: 7, 90 per cent poorer: 8, comb and 

 very little of it; 10, 12 to 17 cts, 



Ossawatomie, Kan. 



1, good: 2, July, wet; 3, bees are suffering from 

 wet; 4, about a fourth of a crop; 5. better than last 

 year; fi, about one-fourth — flow is over; 7, better 

 than last year; 8, comb honey: 9, water-white; 10, 

 14 cts.; 11. 15 cts.: 12, slow. 



Brpokville, Ky. 



1, very good; 2 and 3, much rain in May and June, 

 hut less in .luly; 4, white clover very abundant; 8, 

 extracted with some hulk comb honey: 9, clear am- 

 ber: 10, 15 cts.: sold in bottles from milk-wagon at 

 40 <-ts. a quart: 12. croji promptly disposed of. I 

 have been educating our customers to buy extnact- 

 ed honey at a good price. 



Ilopkinsvllle, Ky. 



1, poor: 2, good; 3, drouth: 4, fair; 5. two-thirds; (i. 

 two-thirds: 7. two-thirds: 8. extracted: 9, white and 

 very thick: 10. ^Vs cts.: 11, 9^ cts.: 12, ye.s. 



Marion, Mich. 



No honey this year. Worst season ever known. 

 Fergus Falls, Minn. 



About 2500 lbs. extracted honey from 40 weak col- 

 onies, and increased to 63 colonies. .Season would 

 have been good if there had been more rain. 



Mora, Minn. 



I had 5220 lbs. of extracted honey from 77 colonics, 

 and 1000 lbs. more on the hives ready to come off. 

 Haymore, Mo. 



1, good; 2, yes, very much so: :3, no drouth at any 

 time; 4. white clover is over: 100to2001bs.; 5. better: 

 fi. %: 7, 50 to 100 lbs. better: 8. both; 9, white, the very 

 best; 10. 9 and 10; 11, no holding here: 12, yes. 



Marcel ine. Mo. 



Frost first five nights in .June, then hot and dry, 

 and every thing dried up; no honey in alfalfa; will 

 have to feed for winter— the first real failure T have 

 seen in this country. 



Lewi.stown, Mont. 



Weather very dry and hot. IIoney-How light ex- 

 cept in localities having much alfalfa. 

 Humboldt, Neb. 



Some white clover showing since last rain, but 

 honey-flow is not large this year. 

 Canandaigua, N. Y. 



Honey-flow best In three years. 

 Mil 113 town. X. Y. 



1, fair to good: 2. too dry; :?, drouth: 4. short: -5, 

 about one-fourth crop: 6. can't tell: 7. better than 

 la.st year: 8, comb and some extracted; 9, white clo- 

 ver with no honey-dew as yet: 10, 16 cts. wholesale; 

 11, can't tell: 12, fairly well. 



Mechanicsburg, Ohio. 



1, good; 2, favorable; 3, too dry: 4. poor prospects: 

 same l.ast year; 6, very light crop: 7, same last year; 

 8, comb honey: 11, i5 to 20 cts,; 12, yes. 



Gaston, Oregon, 



1. medium: 2, favorable: 3, neither: 4. very poor: 5. 

 about half as much: 8, both: 9. white. We have had 

 two seasons of drouth, but prospects for 1911 are bet- 

 ter. 



Bradford, Pa. 



Bees have done very little. No surplus honey at 

 all. and h.ave had to feed. If we have rain we shall 

 get some honey from buckwheat. 



Dayton, Pa, 



White-honey crop very short, but better than last 

 year. 



Erwinna. Pa. 



Wonderful hone.v-flow for the last five or six 

 weeks. Splendid crop of white clover. Warm 

 showers every few days, 



Julian, Pa, 



Honey crop almost a failure because of too little 

 rain since the 28th of May. No prospects for further 

 flow as yet. 



Sabinal, Texa.s. 



1. good: 2, good until June and b,ad ever since: 'X 

 drouth: 4, bad: 5. none: 6, 25 per cent; 7. none: 8. 75 

 per cent extracted, 25 Tier cent comb: 9, white: 10, 

 10 cts.: n. don't know; 12, yes. 



Vigo, Texas. 



Honey-flow best on record to date, with good pros- 

 pects for the rest of the season. 



Heber. Utah. 



Honey crop almost entire failure on account of 

 cold weather in May and June. 



Ililtons, Va. 



Half a crop of honey. 



Markham. Va. 



1. good: 2. favorable: 3, neither: 4. not very good, 

 as w^hite clover did not yield on account of too much 

 rain while it was in bloom: prospects from sumac 

 very good: 4, about the same: 6, don't know: 7, not 

 as good as la.st year; 8, comb honey; 9, white; 10 and 



11. don't know: 12, no crop lo move. 

 Paige. Va. 



1. good: 2. good at first, then bad: 3, both: 4, poor: 

 5, about two-thirds: 6, about one-half crop; 7, about 

 two-thirds as much: 8. comb: 9, white at first, and 

 the rest dark: 10, about 10 cts.: II. all they can get: 



12, yes, although very light for shipment except for 

 local trade. 



Washington, Va. 



Half a crop. 



Seattle. Wash. 



Honey crop good, and of excellent quality. We 

 shall heave better than the average yield. 



North Yakima. Wash. 



1. never better: 2. f.avorable: 3. rather dry; 4, never 

 better: 5. 100 per cent better: 6. extra crop harvested 

 to date: 7. double that of Last year: 8. extracted: 9. 

 very light with no dark honey: 10, 8 to 9 cts. for ex- 

 tracted. 16 for comb: 11. no honey being held: 12, 

 fairly active. 



Wallula, Wash. 



One-third of a crop. No rain since May 15. 



Forest . I unction. Wis. 



1. good: 2. not: 3. drouth: 4, poor; 5, 25 per cent: fi, 

 90 per cent: 8, extracted: 9, white: 11, 9 cts.: 12, no 

 honey on the market. 



Ijoyal, Wis. 



1, below average; 2. unfavorable; 3, extreme 

 drouth: 4, poor: -5. not as good: 6. one-third crop of 

 comb, no extracted this year: 7, small: 8, both: 9, 

 white: 10. commission men selling at 20 cts. with 10 

 per cent commission: 12. yes. 



Milwaukee. Wis. 



Honey crop almost tot.al failure. 



Mount Horeb, Wis, 



Honey crop scant: 2000 lbs, secured from 35 colo- 

 nies; last year 1500 lbs. from the same number of 

 colonies; two years ago. 5000 lbs. 



Random Lake, Wis, 



