1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



511 



Concerning' your inquiry as to honey, I have to re- 

 port the first failure of the honey crop that I have 

 known. They started trood on dandelion and rasp- 

 berry, but white clover did not pan out, and only about 

 half a day's flow of basswood. Ernest L. Brown. 



Warren, Minn., Aug. 2. 



Yield of honey is very light for this section. Record 

 of 40 colonies shows an average of 30 lbs. of comb 

 honey taken off at this date, and prospects for more 

 are poor. Weather has been very dry. Basswood did 

 not bloom profusely as in 1908, and bees seemed to dis- 

 regard it almost entirely. The surplus honey taken 

 off is mostly from white and alsike clovers, of which 

 there were many acres. JOHN J. Kadletz. 



Chatfield, Minn.. July 26. 



Owing to a drouth which has prevailed here since 

 June 20, only about half of the usual amount stored by 

 the bees from white clover has been harvested. The 

 presence of honey-dew, which has been mixed with 

 the white clover, has darkened the whole product. 



Bernardsville, N. J., July 23. Watson Allen. 



I shall have an average crop of honey-dew this sea- 

 son. G. S. HURLBUT. 

 Batavia, N. Y., July 22. 



1. No: 3. About the same as last year; 4. About the 

 same. F. A. Salisbury. 



Syracuse, N. Y., July 29. 



In this section the crop is very light. I don't think 

 we shall get a fifth of a crop this season. 

 Ticonderoga, N. Y., July 24. Geo. H. Adkins. 



1. None; 3. Hardly a fair average; 4. Slightly light- 

 er; above also applies to New York State; large aver- 

 age of buckwheat is looking well. Chas. Stewart. 



Johnstown, N. Y., Aug. 2. 



1. I have not noticed honey-dew honey, but elms 

 have seemed to drop it on many places freely; have 

 seen no bees working on it; 2. No; 3. Rather poor; 4. 

 About the same. Our main crop is goldenrod. 



Oswego, N. Y., July 31. F. H. Cyrenius. 



1. Yes, but gathered late after the clover flow was 

 nearly over; 2. Mixed all through the basswood; 3. 

 Fruit-blossom, a fair yield; clover, average; basswood, 

 light; 4. Nearly all honey marketed locally. Market 

 conditions have little influence on prices. 



Marion, N. Y., July 29. J. A. Crane. 



1, 2. No honey-dew; 3. Alsike clover above an aver- 

 age; basswood hardly one-fourth crop; only a fair or 

 below average of white honey, combining the two; 4. 

 Prices should be higher, but probably will be about 

 the same as last year. G. M. Doolittle. 



Borodino, N. Y., July 30. 



1. None, at least not perceptible in any of my apia- 

 ries; 2. No; 3. Clover, average; sweet clover, more 

 than average, but only one apiary in sweet clover. 

 Basswood, heavy bloom, but almost no honey from it. 

 It did not yield with me; 4. Higher, owing to shorter 

 crops generally, and to better times; also scarcity of 

 small fruits. O. L. Hershiser. 



Kenmore. N. Y., July 29. 



1. No; 2. Clover; from basswood a little better; 3. 

 About the same as last year; 4. Too early to get prices. 

 I shall hold for 15 cts. for white comb; buckwheat 13; 

 comb. white or basswood. is on the hives yet; can't tell 

 how much, but basswood yields better this year; can't 

 tell about buckwheat, but I expect enough to eat. 

 Price 7 cts. for extracted. I got ~\{ for some. 



Groton. N. Y. W. L. Coggshall. 



Referring to the honey crop in this vicinity, we 

 would state that we have received quite a good many 

 reports, nearly all which have been quite fovorable. 

 We believe it will be equal to if not better than last 

 year. The honey is mostly light in color, and free 

 from honey-dew. Prices will probably be about the 

 same as last year. W. E. Thorndyke. 



New York, July 15. 



I. No honey-dew in this immediate vicinity to any 

 extent; 3. Crop not over one-third in this part of the 

 county; in the northern part of the county the crop is 

 a good average, and (luality of honeyNo. 1; within five 

 miles of my home yard the yield is already better, and 

 within fifteen miles the crop is average; 4. In all jus- 

 tice to the honey-producers, the price of honey should 

 be higher; every other article as well as the price of 

 labor has materially advanced. Why should honey 

 alone be an exception? F. Grefner. 



Naples, N. Y., July 30. , 



The white-honey crop for Futon and Montgom- 

 ery counties is at a close, and finds us with a little 

 less honey per colony than last year, but as bees win- 

 tered well we have a little more honey of about the 

 same quality. The above applies to our State as a 

 whole. A larger acreage of buckwheat was sown than 

 usual, and it is looking well. Chas. Stewart. 



Johnstown, N. Y., Aug. 2. 



1. No honey-dew whatever in this locality; 3. The 

 flow from white clover was exceptionally good; but it 

 is the only honey source we can depend on for surplus 

 honey, as a rule; we had a full flow from June 22 to 

 July 6; 4. Prices have dropped a little in consequence 

 of bees having wintered practically without loss, and 

 a heavy yield of white-clover honey following. 



LaSalle, N. Y., July 31. G. C. Greiner. 



1. No; 3. Not an average; too wet; 4. Same— 15 cts. 

 for section. " C. B. Palmer. 



Bradshaw, Neb., July 30. 



White clover, one-third crop; basswood, entire fail- 

 ure. No honey coming in; only a light flow from cat- 

 nip and sweet clover, very little if any surplus looked 

 for. J. L. Gandy. 



Humboldt, Neb., July 23. 



Our white-clover honey is a very poor yield, owing 

 to unfavorable weather. The clover crop of blossoms 

 was good, but yielded little nectar; not much change 

 in price; last year was poor; expect excellent fall hon- 

 ey-flow from heartsease, which is our principal prod- 

 uct in fall; white clover is our main reliance in 

 spring. No basswood nor buckwheat. Alfalfa does 

 not yield much nectar. G. M. Plumb. 



Lincoln, Neb., July 30. 



The honey crop will be short here this year. 

 Delphos. O., July 8. D. W. DITTO. 



Bets have done fairly well here this spring. Most 

 of the honey has been dark " honey-dew." Basswood 

 began the 8th. Prospects are good. E. B. Case. 



Lockwood, Ohio, July 13. 



1. Not to speak of; 2. Some report it as mixed; 3. A 

 fair crop is reported from this locality; 4. From out- 

 look at present, about the same; possibly a little high- 

 er. The Griggs Bros. Co. 



Toledo, O., Aug. 3. 



1. Yes; 2. Yes, especially where there is sweet clover 

 or sumac; 3. Total yield, including honey-dew. about 

 ?3; white honey, less than K; 4. While there will be 

 an over-supply of dark and honey-dew honey, which 

 will sell very cheap, white honey will command a much 

 higher price than last season. 



Zanesville, 0., July 29. EDMUND W. PEIRCE. 



I will say that, unless bees do better than they have 

 so far. we shall have but little honey to offer. We 

 have taken a small amount, mostly honey-dew honey 

 —no clover to mention. We may have a flow from 

 fall flowers, but it has been too wet so far. 



Spargursville, 0., Aug. 3. J. R. COOPER. 



1. Yes; 2. Yes; 3. One-fourth to one-half the average 

 yield, varying in the out-apiaries; basswood and hon- 

 ey-dew; 4. I am in doubt how to answer this. Farm- 

 ers will sell their honey-dew for all they can get; the 

 grocers and the consumers will get sick of honey, and 

 buy corn syrup. Am I wrong? Well, I shall have 

 4000 or 5000 lbs. I would like to sell at 6 cts., but I want 

 10 cts. for 1908 crop; have 12,000 lbs. on hand. 



Oberlin, O., July 30. Ch.vlon Fowls. 



1. Bees have been constantly bringing in honey-dew 

 during the entire season; 2. Said honey-dew is thor- 

 ougly mixed with the basswood honey; there will be 

 no white honey in this vicinity of any kind; 3. No 

 white clover; alsike yielded some, but no surplus; bass- 

 wood yielded bountifully, and gave a surplus of 50 lbs. 

 per colony, which is rendered unsalable by honey-dew; 

 4. White honey will bring higher prices this year than 

 last. 



In all of my experience in bee-keeping, this is the 

 first season that I have had my white honey ruined by 

 honey-dew. J. E. Hand. 



Birmingham. Ohio, July 30. 



1. Yes; 2. Large percentage of honey-dew; 3. Half 

 crop; 4. Little higher. Wm. A. Selser. 



Philadelphia, Pa., July 31. 



I have secured a good crop of red-raspbery honey, 

 both extracted and comb, and can sell a quantity of 

 each. R. D. HORTON. 



Blossburg, Pa., July 26. 



