B62 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



NEW YORK. 



G. M. Poolittle, Borodino. C. 8-3. 



a.b. No market here for honey ; c. 25; d. the little I have is 

 mainly on the hives yel ; e. poor. 



H. P. Langdon. East Constable. N. E. 8-8. 



a. 20 to 25: b. 12 to 16; c. 75; d. -" ;« m m > extracted from fio colonies 

 with 100 per cent increase; e. poor. 



Frank Boomhower, Gallupville. E.G. 8-1. 



a. No price, no honey. Have not seen a pound of comb hon- 

 ey so far this season; 11 is of rain; bees have done nothing 



SO far; c. d. 0; e. bad. 



M. (( Young. Highland. 8 1. 



a, b. Have sold none; c. 30; d. about 800 comb from 40 col- 

 onies, e. Poor. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Abbott L. Swinson, Goldsboro. E. 8-5. 



a. IOtol2K; b. none here; c. 90; d. 50 comb from one hive. 

 ( itbers run for queens; e. average. 

 OHIO. 



(•has. 1". Muth. Cincinnati S. W. 8-5. 



a.l2tol*for best in a jobbing way; 20 retail; b. 9 to 10 for 

 best by the lb.; 15 retail; c. perhaps 75; d. about 800 from 28 



eel nicies, spring count ; e. poor. 



s. A. Dyke. Pomeroy. O. 8-1. 

 a. VZy,; b. none; c. 100; d. 75 from 2 hives ; e. good. 

 Dr. H. Bespe, Delaware. C. 8-2. 



a. 20; b. 18; c. 100; d. about 600; 40 colonies; e. good. 

 Dr. G. L. Tinker. New Philadelphia. N. E. 8-1. 

 a. 18; b. 15; c. 100; d. 1000 of comb. 500 ready to extract; from 

 25 colonies; e. average. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Geo. A. Wright. Glenwood. N. E. 8-8. 



a. 12 X A\ b. 10; c. 75; d. my honey is still in the cases; e. fair. 



S. W. Morrison. Oxford. S. E. 8-2. 



a. 25; b. 12; c. 50; d. apiary engaged in queen -rearing; e. hon- 

 ey \ cry abundant, but too wet; e. bad. 



Tims. ('. Davis. Idlewood. C. 8-2. 



a. 20; b. 20; d. 500 comb from 12 colonics. Will extract 600 from 

 13 colonies. Increase, 50 per cent. 



RHODE ISLAND. 

 A. C Miller. Providence. E. 8-3. 

 a, b. None on the market, either old or new; c. 100 to 125; d. 



225 from 3; others not heard from; e. good. 

 SOUTH CAROLINA. 



W. J. Ellison, Stateburg. C. 8-fi. 



a. V2V,; b. 8 and 10; apiary 1. 50; apiary 2, 100. Only kepi a rec 

 ord of 9 in apiary 2— 744; e. apiary 1, bad; apiary 2, good; five 

 miles apart. 



J. D. Fooshe, Coronaca. 8-5. 



a. 10; b. 8 to 10; c. about 50; d. 350 extracted from 12 colonies; 

 e. average. 



H. T. Cook, Greenville. 8-3. 



a. 10; b. 20; C. 150; e. good, till in July. 



TENNESSEE. 

 C. C Vaughn. Columbia. C. 8-5. 

 a. 15; D. 8; c. 75; e. poor. 

 Gaston B. Cartmell. Jackson. W. 8-7. 



a. 10 to 15; b. none in market; c. 25 or less; d. not 5 to the col- 

 ony; 50 colonies; e. bad. 



TEXAS. 



J. E. Lay. Hallettsville. S. W. 8-5. 



a. 15; b. 10; c. 25; d. unfinished; e. poor. 



L. Stachelhausen, Selma. S. C. 8-10. 



a. 10; b. 8; c. 50. d. 10,000 extracted ; 2000 comb from 200 colo- 

 nies; e. less than average. 



J. P. Caldwell, San Marcos. S. W. 8-6. 



a. 10; b. 8; c. 25; d. 200 from 20 colonics: e. the worst within 

 my knowledge. 



VERMONT. 



Howard J. Smith. Kichford. N. C. 8-2. 



a. 20; b. 12; c. 100; d. 50 comb honey pel colony; e. good; the 

 best ever known. 



A. E. Manum, Bristol. W. 8-5. 



a, b. No price yet; c. 30; d. about 15,000 comb from 500 colo- 

 nies; e. poor. 



F. M. Wright. Enosburgh. E. 8-5. 



a. 18 and 20; b. 13 retail ; c. 50; d. 2500; 50 colonies ; e. average. 



J. W. Porter, Charlottesville. C. 8-5. 



a. P.". .; b 10; C 120; d. 1500 from 30; e. bad for me; my bees 

 have foul lir I 



Will Thatcher. Martinsburg. W. ('. 8-8, 



:i in and r:M;b. none in market; c. 40; d. 1600 or 1600 tiered 

 on in colonies; e. not average. 



J. E. Crane, Middlebury. W. 8-10 



a. 16 to 18; b. 10; C 50, d. 6000 lbs comb and 200 extracted 

 from ::ihi hives, one-half of my bees; e. season poor. 



VIRGINIA. 



H. W. Bass, Front Royal. N. 8-8. 



a. I";' .; b. same; C. 65; d. has been 30 wej thai our honey is 

 no! finished, and we have taken but 1000 lbs. off as yet. Never 

 knew bees to seal up honey so slowly, il is so thin and watery, 

 on account of so much rain. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



J. A. Buchanan, Holliday's Cove. N. 8-1. 



a. 15 to 18; b. 15; c 60; d. 6000 extracted from 100 colonies; e. 

 below average. 



Jno. C. Capehart, St. Albans. S. W. 8-1. 



n. Vice 20; b. 10; c. 25; d. 10, average of 20 colonics , e. poor and 

 bad. 



M. A. Kelley, Milton. S. W. 8-fl. 



a. 15 1 b. none; ■ entire failure; 2 per cent; d. 25 from 02 colo- 

 nics e bttcj. im'ld'T, baddest, 



WISCONSIN. 



J. C. Sayles. Hartford. S?E. 8-10. 



a. 14; b. 7; o. 150; 1 worked for increase; e. good. 



S. I. Freeborn, Ithaca. S. W. 8-2. 



a. 12J4; b. 8; c. 100; d. 300 colonies; 32,000 extracted. 200 comb; 

 e. good. 



Frank McNav, Mauston. C. 8-3. 



a. 12 to 15; b. 8; c. 100; d. 20,000 from 350; e. average 



E. France-. Hatteville. S. W. 8-3. 



a. 16; b. 8 to 10 retail; 7 to 8 wholesale; c. 75; d. 26,000; 630; e. 

 good but short. 



Joshua Bull, Seymour. E. 8-2. 



a. 15 wholesale, 18 retail; 1). 8 wholesale, 10 reta 1; c. 100; d 

 2500 nearly all comb from 10; e. average. 



TOO I. ATE FOR GENERAL CLASSIFICATION. 



A. A. Sanborn, Westfield, Mass. S. W. 8 7. 



a.b. None in market; c. 4to5; 6 to 8 lbs. from one colony; e. 

 very bad . 



J. P. Israel. Olivenhain, Cal. S. 8-8. 



a. 7 in San Diego; b. 5 to 5y,\ c. 20— honey season is ended ; d. 

 2500 lbs. from 80 colonics ; e. bad, very bad. 



On account of the cool wet weather in the 

 early part of the season, which, according 

 to the reports, seems to have pervaded al- 

 most all of the United States, the honey- 

 crop is considerably less than it might have 

 been. First, because this weather contin- 

 ued clear up, in a good many of the places, 

 into the time of year when the main nectar- 

 bearing flora was in bloom. Second, the 

 bees were unable to breed up properly on 

 account of the cool and rainy weather, and 

 hence the actual working force of the bees 

 was considerably lower than it should have 

 been. But in spite of all this, the season 

 has been decidedly better than last year, in 

 most localities, although there are some ex- 

 ceptions. 



Twenty States report a good season : 

 namely, Alabama, Arkansas. Georgia. Illi- 

 nois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

 Minnesota, Missouri. Nebraska, Nevada, 

 New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Penn- 

 sylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, 

 Wisconsin, Arizona. 



The following States report a poor season 

 generally : California, Connecticut, Florida, 

 Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 

 Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, 

 New York, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, 

 Virginia, VVest Virginia. 



Michigan, though usually among the fore- 

 most, gives as unfavorable a report as any 

 of the States enumerated. 



It is interesting to note that a number of 

 States report 200 per cent as the average 

 crop of honey received. W. P. W. Duke, of 

 Alabama, and J. L. Clark, of Florida, re- 

 port 200 per cent, while a large number of 

 others give 175 per cent as the average crop. 

 Taking it all in all, we find that the average 

 per cent of question C, as to what has been 

 the average crop of honey secured in the re- 

 spective localities, stands 75 per cent. The 

 same average a year ago was only 50 per 

 cent ; so that, according to the reports, 50 

 per cent more honey has been secured this 

 year than last, although the general aver- 

 age is still down. 



Perhaps we should remark, that the report 

 has probably been underestimated rather 

 than the reverse. The tendency of human 

 nature, and especially when its hopes are 

 set high, is to look down instead of up. 

 Farmers, as well as bee-keepers, are much 

 inclined to complain about the poor season, 

 too much drouth, or too much wet, or some- 

 thing else that is not just exactly right, 



