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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



the reports from the clover districts, and 

 one or two from the West : 



The honey crop is almost a failure in the black 

 Jjelt of Alabama. It will be the shortest crop we 

 have had since 1907. We have abundant clover, but 

 the weather is so dry it does not yield much honey. 



Montgomery, Ala. J. M. Ctjtts. 



The honey crop in this section will be almost a 

 total failure this year. 



Watsonville, Cal., June 27. C. W. Arnett. 



I never saw so much white clover, even in Ohio. 



Ingleside, 111., June 25. D. B. Stanforth. 



Prospects are good for honey; plenty of white 

 clover. 



Freeport, 111., July 1. A. E. Long. 



The honey-flow here unusually good. White clover 

 is- abundant. 



Chesterfield, Ind., June 26. J. H. Collins. 



We expected a bumper crop of white-clover honey, 

 but drouth knocked us out. No rain for three weeks 

 caused white clover to dry up. 



Vincennes, Ind., June 23. Wm. F. Ludwiq. 



Bees are breaking all records so far this year — 

 the best honey-flow in 30 years m to July 5. I have 

 taken off over 100 lbs. per colony of comb and ex- 

 tracted honey, and it is the finest I have ever pro- 

 duced. 



Chariton, Iowa, July 5. L. Riebel. 



Bees have done better than usual this season; 

 also made more trouble by swarming. Basswood 

 will bloom in a few days, but the bloom will not 

 equal last year. The two months' drouth was ended 

 the past few days with showers, making 2.25 inches 

 of rain. 



Payson, 111., June 26. Daniel E. Robbins. 



Our June flow is at least 25 per cent above the 

 average. The yield from white and sweet clover is 

 very good. Basswood is blooming sparingly. 



North Tokepa, Kan., June 24. A. V. Small. 



Bees are strong, and doing excellent work. Clover 

 is yielding an abundance of nectar; good crop ex- 

 pected. 



Brooksville, Ky., June 26. H. C. Lee. 



Honey yield is a record breaker. White-clover 

 honey had" to be removed by June 26 to make room 

 for basswood. Basswood rich in bloom and honey ; 

 bees having nine more days to work. It will be in 

 all a double crop or better. After the rains white 

 clover is very thick again. 



Francis Jagee. 



St. Bonifacius, Minn., July 7. 



Our honey crop is very short in this part of the 

 countrv on account of dry weather. 



Strafford, Mo., June 30. L. A. Webster. 



The prospects are fine for a good crop of honey 

 in Nevada this year. 



Smith, Nev., July 2. C. M. Carter. 



There has been very little honey gathered from 

 clover to date. Fruit bloom was very light, and the 

 prospects for a good crop of honey this year are 

 discouraging. We have had a dry cold June. 



Pittsfield, N. H., June 27. Herbert C. Towle. 



Crop of clover honey a failure here. I have run 

 four yards of bees, and have not had a swarm so 

 far tliis season. Too dry. A. W. Smith. 



Parksville, N. Y., July 8. 



Reports we are receiving say, " Hives are over- 

 running with honey." The weather is still good for 

 honey, and beekeepers are mostly jubilant. I hope 

 it will continue so till August 1. Then look out for 

 a bumper crop. 



Syracuse, N. Y., July 1. 



F. A. Salisbury. 



Clover is a failure — worst in 20 years. Basswood 

 is ruined by forest worms, etc., except scattered 

 spots. K. G. Smith. 



Ticonderoga, N. Y., June 25. 



At yesterday's meeting the New Jersey Beekeep- 

 ers' Association reports indicate general conditions 

 as unsatisfactory — from half a crop to a total fail- 

 ure, attributed mostly to alternating heat and cold, 

 especially cold nights, which seem to check nectar 

 secretion. White clover is in great abundance, but 

 little or no " juice " in it. This condition seems 

 general. 



Hoboken, N. J., June 26. C. D. Cheney. 



This has been about the best clover flow we ever 

 had; but it is practically over, as the buds on the 

 l.asswood were killed by the cold spring. We shall 

 get no basswood honey. 



Hastings, Ontario, July 5. J. F. Orishaw. 



The spring freezes of April 20 and May 6 paral- 

 yzed honey production, and nearly ended the bee 

 Inisiness witli me; yet the clovers have finally turn- 

 ed the scales, and I am now selling honey again. 

 My production will be below normal, and will likely 

 not exceed 1000 lbs. of comb honey. 



Bladen, O., July 7. Chas. H. Cargo. 



There is the largest crop of white clover there has 

 been for many years. 



Bulger, Pa., June 30. M. M. Phebn. 



I report about half a crop, all alsike and white 

 clover. Locust, not any. Red clover, hardly any 

 here. 



Ronks, Pa., June 25. D. F. ZOOK. 



Bees are booming ; clover bloom is the finest in 

 years; supers filling up rapidly; very little swarm- 

 ing. 



Wilkinsburg, Pa., June 25. W. D. Keyes. 



A severe drouth will prevent our getting a large 

 crop of honey. 



Middlebury, Vt., June 28. J. E. Crane. 



The clover looks well here, and the bees that had 

 stimulative feeding enough to build up strong are 

 doing well, and there will be a good crop of honey 

 here. 



Albany, Vt., June 27. J. M. Carter. 



Bees are not doing what they ought to. There is 

 the most clover in blossom at present that there has 

 been since 1893. Weather for a few days has been 

 clear and hot. A good swarm on scales, with an 

 empty extracting-super, gained 4 lbs. on the 27th; 

 3% the 28th. 



Stockbridge, Wis., June 29. Andrew Stevens. 



There have been almost no reports from 

 the irrigated alfalfa districts. However, 

 there is nothing to indicate that tlie season 

 has been below normal. In California the 

 season has been reported as a failure; but 

 the Western Beekeeper for July 1 has this 

 from A. S. Wagner, of Imperial Co. : 



In Gleanings in Bee Culture, page 327, this 

 notice appeared: "California honey crop a failure." 

 I consider this misleading. This fact should be 

 stated, " that certain crops were a failure." It would 

 seem from that article that orange and sage honey 

 were the only crops produced. Hereafter the alfalfa 

 honey will be quite a factor in the honey shipped 

 from this State. I am not familiar with the central 

 and northern portion of the State ; but Imperial 

 County alone should normally produce from thirty 

 to forty carloads of honey per year. This is not in- 

 tended for a booster, but we feel that the public, 

 and the buyers especially, are entitled to be inform- 

 ed of tliis fact. 



