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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Aug. 15 



We have a very poor season for honey here— prac- 

 tically nothintr but honey-dew has been coming in 

 since the 10th of June. ' E. L. BROWN. 



Lebanon, Pa., July 20. 



The honey crop for McKeen Co., Pa., of 1909 — clover, 

 about half; red raspberry, two-thirds; basswood, load- 

 ed and in full bloom; but weather is bad; heavy winds 

 and rains. J. S. Brown. 



Bradford, Pa., July 24. 



The white-clover honey crop here is pretty short- 

 only a few linden-trees in this neighborhood, and not 

 a great deal of buckwheat raised in this part of Bedford 

 Co. There has been more honey-dew this summer 

 than I have ever seen. SAMUEL Keagy. 



Maria, Pa., July 22. 



Heavy flow from fruit-bloom, locust, and sumac, 

 which gave a fair yield; no clover bloom. Drouth 

 threatened buckwheat up to last evening, when we 

 had a fine rain, and prospects are now brighter. The 

 surplus honey is mostly honey-dew. 



Schillsburg, Pa., July 23. Rev. H. W. Bender. 



1. Not a great deal, and yet enough to darken the 

 honey; 2. Very little white honey in this section; we 

 do not have a single pound of good pure white honey 

 in our apiary of 200 colonies. The same is true of 

 others from whom we have heard; 3. A little higher; 

 there is very little surplus honey finished in this sec- 

 tion; 4. Very doubtful if there will be half a crop. 

 We are depending upon buckwheat. This informa- 

 tion is based upon reports from wide ranges in West- 

 ern Pennsylvania. Rea Bee & Honey Co. 



Reynoldsville, Pa., July 30. 



We have had the best summer flow of honey that 

 has come in five years; fine prospect for fall flow, 

 commencing the last of August. W. A. Spangler. 



Morristown, Tenn., July 23. 



There is no honey-flow, and has not been. 

 Cameron, Texas, July 21. Frank McLeran. 



The honey crop in general is very good throughout 

 the southwestern part of the State. So far we have 

 found very little honey-dew. The grade of all the 

 honey we have handled has been strictly first-class 

 white honey; have seen very little amber honey. The 

 prices, we think, will advance about 4 cts. per lb. in 

 the near future. Alfalfa, mesquite, cat-claw, guajilla, 

 about three-fourths yield. 



Toepperwein & Mayfield. 



San Antonio, Texas, July 31. 



1. Yes; 2. Early white clover has some; later, none. 

 3. Prices rule lower; 4. Dry weather cut off flow, thus 

 making it about as last year. W. E. Tribbett. 



Staunton, Va., Aug. 2. 



Honey crop for this section here is nothing like 

 what we anticipated in our other report. All is mixed 

 with honey-dew, and is dark in color. We have about 

 one-third of a crop. It is very dry at this time, and no 

 honey coming in. Chas. AND WARNER MILLER. 



Washington, Va., July 24. 



1. Not a large amount of honey-dew; 2. Not mixed 

 badly; 3. About a third of an average crop; 4. We 

 doubt if prices will be any higher, as some honey is a 

 little dark, and a large part badly stained. 



Middlebury, Vt., July 8. J. E. CRANE. 



1. The crop is larger than last season, and, with the 

 exception of a few places, it is mixed with honey-dew. 

 I have continued to learn of every one that comes in, 

 or those I have occasion to write to, and the report is 

 the same; 2. Good yield, but mostly dark. There was 

 but little basswood honey gathered in our city, none 

 in the valley of Virginia; considerable white clover 

 there, but mixed as stated above; 3. I think prices will 

 range as last season; what has been sold here is about 

 the same; 4. The body of the honey is fine— quite a lit- 

 tle sugar. Wm. Kerrick. 



Washington, D. C, July 30. 



I had a fine flow from raspberry and clover; went 

 from raspberry to willow-herb. E. A. CLEAVES. 



Cornell, Wis., July 23. 



Honey will be a fair crop here unless the fall is very 

 dry; good yield of clover, or fair. A. B. White. 



Vesper, Wis., July 27. 



1. None; 3. Clover and basswood; about half an 

 average crop; 4. Think higher. Bees have done no- 

 thing for the past ten days. Elias Fox. 



Hillsboro, Wis., July 30. 



Quite a little honey-dew around here; will color 

 while honey somewhat; little basswood; half a crop 

 all told, in general; my own, one-fourth crop or less. 

 Dealers holding 1908 crop will control prices. National 

 reports of honey-dew blacker than usual; Missouri 

 worst, then Southern Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. 



Platteville, Wis., Aug. 3. N. E. France. 



So far the honey crop is very short. My bees did 

 poorly on clover, and still worse on basswood. Bass- 

 wood bloom is very liuht, and after the first week 

 weather conditions were such that there was little or 

 no honey in them. It is a little early to give a full re- 

 port, as the season was late this year. 



Rock Elm, Wis., July 29. B. J. THOMPSON. 



1. Nothing so far of any note or worth considering; 

 2. I don't think so; none noticed; 3. Below the aver- 

 age; season very late because of cold and wet; unfa- 

 vorable weather; brief honey-flow cut short by dry 

 weather; alsike, basswood, and sweet clover yielded a 

 little for a spell; 4. I look for better prices and better 

 demand. Last year no demand here; now, good de- 

 mand looked for. If buckwheat and fall flowers yield 

 it may modify this report. Conditions are not favor- 

 able. H. H. MOE. 



Woodford. Wis., July 31. 



It will be noted that the commission men 

 apparently believe there is a greater crop 

 than would appear from the surface indica- 

 tions. They are in position where, if they 

 report the crop as small or light, or lighter 

 than it is, they will be compelled to pay too 

 high a price for the product. On the other 

 hand, it will be observed that the producers 

 possibly are a little inclined to represent the 

 crop a little lower than it probably is in order 

 to boost the market or to hold it from getting 

 too low. The buyer and the producer will 

 have to take into consideration these con- 

 flicting interests, and fix the price accord- 

 ingly. 



Incidentally it will be noted that these re- 

 ports show where honey has been produced 

 of a certain grade and quality, and where, of 

 course, the same can be purchased. We 

 hope by this means that an outlet at good 

 prices may be secured by producers gener- 

 ally. 



For a general summary see Editorials. 



EUROPEAN FOUL BROOD IN DR. MILLER'S 

 APIARY. 



Our readers will be very sorry to know 

 that Dr. Miller has a double calamity at his 

 bee-yard — an entire failure of the honey 

 crop, and an attack of European or black 

 foul brood. Failure of the crop is bad 

 enough; but a visitation of this disease is in- 

 finitely worse, because it sometimes takes 

 two or three years to eradicate it from a 

 yard. It is possibly true that some apiaries 

 in York State have never cleaned it up en- 

 tirely. 



In a letter received from Dr. Miller he 

 states that, in spite of the calamity, he is 

 looking on the hopeful side, and is having a 

 "lot of fun " treating the disease. No doubt 

 the good doctor will be able to give some- 

 thing valuable from the experience; but 

 "experience " of this sort is like the kind 

 that Josh Billings tells about; namely, "Ex- 

 periens teaches a good scule, but the tuishun 

 comes rather hi." 



