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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Aug. 15 



The honey-flow commenced June 19; ended July 19; 

 there was much weather when the bees could not 

 work. I thought the flow would last until AugTist. I 

 am now taking off empty supers, and honey has gone 

 up two cents in my mind. E. C. WHEELER. 



Marshalltown, la., July 23. 



1. In a few localities honey-dew has been reported, 

 but it is not general in Iowa; 2. What there is was 

 gathered in June and the early part of July, and was 

 mixed with the white honey; 3. The yield of clover and 

 basswood honey is about one-half average crop as 

 nearly as we can estimate at this date. There is much 

 unfinished honey on the hives, which will likely be 

 finished out with fall honey; 4. Prices for honey will 

 certainly be higher this season than last. 



Des Moines, la., July 31. Jos. Nysewander. 



The yield of white honey in extreme northwestern 

 Illinois will not be 10 lbs. per colony. R. B. RiCE. 

 Mt. Carroll, 111., July 19. 



The white-honey crop here is slmost a complete fail- 

 ure. What little has been gathered is all more or less 

 mixed with honey-dew. The prospect for a late crop, 

 however, is pretty good. C. H. Dibbern. 



Milan, 111., July 19. 



1. No; I think not; 2. None to mix with; 3. A year of 

 failure; fall flow may fill up for wintei^but may have 

 to feed; 4. A little higher. C. C. MILLER. 



Marengo, 111., Aug. 3. 



All honey here is badly spoiled by honey-dew. The 

 white-clover flow was short, even where apiaries were 

 located away from timber lands. Spring yield is about 

 a third of a crop. Prices on white honey should rule 

 high, as it is a scarce article in this locality. 



Hamilton, 111., Aug. 4. DADANT & Sons. 



1. About 50 lbs. per colony of honey-dew; 2. Not 

 mixed at all with white honey; 3. No white honey at 

 all so far; good outlook for fall crop; 4. For white hon- 

 ey, certainly not lower than last year; probably half a 

 cent higher. C. F. BENDER. 



Newman, 111., July 30. 



This has been the worst year in my experience of 

 bee-keeping — no white clover to mention, bees too 

 cross to handle comfortably, and almost as much 

 swarming as last year when the clover was plentiful. 

 I have taken off about 100 lbs. of honey, or, rather, 

 honey-dew, as there is no honey, and bees are short 

 of stores. They should have had at least 4000 lbs. by 

 this time in a normal year. Unless we get a fall flow, 

 bees will have to be fed for winter. This is the expe- 

 rience of all the bee-keepers around me. 



Morrison, 111., July 29. C. G. Macklin. 



I just returned to-day from a trip to Barrington, and 

 so on to Lake Geneva, and have to say that, so far as I 

 could observe, there was no white clover in all the 

 northern part of Illinois, nor in Southern Wisconsin. 

 This condition was predicted early in the season, be- 

 cause of the very severe diT time last fall, but I found 

 an abundance of sweet clover which was being work- 

 ed very freely by the bees. I have observed no honey- 

 dew in this vicinity, neither have I heard the matter 

 mentioned by any one. The yield of honey through- 

 out this region I think will be largely sweet clover, 

 that is, it will predominate. W. M. Whitney. 



Evanston, 111., July 28. 



1. A great deal 'of honey-dew has been gathered; 2. 

 It has practically ruined all white honey; 3. Practical- 

 ly no white honey secured; 4. Prices on white honey 

 ure bound to reach the limit. WALTER S. POUDER. 



Indianapolis, Ind., July 29. 



We have no white-clover honey in Northern Indi- 

 ana, so far as I know, as the white clover killed itself 

 blooming last season, and basswood is scarce, with 

 some alsike clover; but the honey-dew honey is the 

 whole thing this season in this locality. Our crop of 

 this dark stuff is 1000 lbs. We expect a fine crop of 

 touch-me-not honey this fall. C. A. BUNCH. 



Lakeville, Ind.. July 23. 



As to the honey prospect here, I have never seen the 

 flow stop so suddenly and compleiely as it did about 

 ten days ago. The white clover was practically all 

 winter-killed, and the alsike is all cut for hay. There 

 is no other bloom for the bees to work on. There was 

 a good basswood bloom, and the bees stored from it 

 about two darj's when rain and cool weather set in and 

 spoiled.it all. I have some very fine honey, but not 

 half as much as last year. A. H. Snowberger. 



Huntington, Ind., July 23. 



1. Considerable dark honey; 2. Almost entirely hon- 

 ey-dew; white missing; 3. June crop too dark to sell; 

 will avoid buying any; 4. Prices will not vary much — 

 expect outside supply. 



June, 1908, gave us much white clover; 1909, none. 

 A week ago some colonies were ready to starve with- 

 out eggs or brood; a little help given, and now well 

 on with eggs and new brood. Locally we expect a very 

 good crop of light honey by moving bees to the river- 

 bottom land, as fall crop comes in August and Septem- 

 ber, and makes three-fourths of our usual supply- 

 shoestring vine, smartweed, wild cucumber, Spanish 

 needle. W. W. Vickery. 



Evansville, Ind., July 30. 



1. Very little; 2. Where stored in sections it is mixed 

 to some extent with white honey; 3. Clover has pro- 

 duced more than last year; basswood less as the flow 

 was short, owing to cool weather; we had a good flow 

 from raspberry and sumac; 4. Prices should rule 

 about the same as last season, with a firm market later. 



Lyonsville, Mass., July 30. W. W. Cary & SON. 



1. No; 3. Clover is our main source; ah average 

 crop; 4. Prices will rule the same as last season. The 

 prospect at this date is not as good as at my previous 

 report; too dry in the western part of our State, and 

 too wet in the eastern part. Aroostook County, our 

 best honey locality, has had too much rain. 



Mechanic Falls, Me., July 30. J. B. MASON. 



1, 2. Not any; 3. Half a crop of raspberry; 4. Higher. 

 Mancelona, Mich., July 31. S. D. Chapman. 



The honey crop will be a little more than half an 

 average. Wm. Craig. 



Luce, Mich., July 24. 



2. No honey-dew gathered to speak of in this locali- 

 ty; 3. About half a crop in this locality; 4. Prices will 

 be about the same. M. H. Hunt & SON. 



Lansing, Mich., July 30. 



1. No; 3. 55 per cent; 4. Considerably higher. 



Ev^ery thing is higher, and I had an offer yesterday 

 from one of the largest dealers in the country of a 

 price of m to 2 cents higher than last year. 



Lapeer, Mich., July 31. R. L. TAYLOR. 



1. No honey-dew; 3. About half a crop in my yard; 

 4. The price will be a little higher, although not rela- 

 tively so, as the clover is mixed with sweet clover, 

 basswood, etc. L. A. Aspinwall. 



Jackson, Mich., July 30. 



1. None; 2. No; 3. Not one-half; I don't think one- 

 third; 4. I am paying 2 cts. more per pound than last 

 season, but not getting enough to pay. Local dealers 

 are selling at 15. GEO. E. HILTON. 



Fremont, Mich., July 30. 



1. Little or none that I know of; 2. Early honey did 

 not seem so white; 3. Clover poor; basswood just go- 

 ing out of bloom now, but we never get very much of 

 late years; some mustard and milkweed; more colo- 

 nies, but less honey this year; very cold spring; bees 

 in cellar till May 2, but ought to have remained until 

 the 15th. I will extract white honey next week to pre- 

 pare for buckwheat; 4. Ought to be higher. 



Manistee, Mich., July 31. W. Harmer. 



1. No; 2. None; 3. Five-eighths crop; 4. We are sell- 

 ing at the same price. My brother in Clinton County 

 reports half a crop; Neighbor Baunian, four miles west, 

 half a crop. A late flow from willow-herb in our north 

 location is making up for the shortage in the rasp- 

 berry, on account of the fires a year ago. Taking it 

 all together, the season of white honey will be below 

 the average. You will understand that this willow- 

 herb flow up north is making our average better than 

 further south. E. D. TOWNSEND & SONS. 



Remus, Mich., July 30. 



The season here has been about half as good as last 

 year. Bees have been idle for two or three weeks. 

 Walnut, Mo., July 22. F. P. B.\NE. 



1. All honey-dew, no other kind; 2. No mixture; pure 

 honey-dow; 3. None; 4. Honey-dew honey low; old 

 stock of Spanish-needle honey sells same as last year. 

 Prospect good for a fall flow. J. Nebel & SON. 



High Hill. Mo., July 30. 



The honey crop in this section is an entire failure. 

 Our surplus honey comes from sweet clover; the 

 bloom is all off, and no honey on hand to speak of, nor 

 do we expect honey from any other source. We shall 

 not make 10 lbs. average this year. 



Penn., Miss., July 31. J. D. Smith. 



