August, 1914. 



American T^ee Journal 



weather conditions continue for lo to is days 

 longer we will get a normal crop of about 50 

 to -5 pounds per colony. The main honey 

 How IS on now and is heavy. A change to 

 cool or windy weather from now on would 

 be disastrous. Virgil Sires. 



North Yakima. Wash.. July 15. 



We have in the prairie or lime section of 

 this State from nothing to a half crop. Some 

 yards are a complete failure; others had 

 showers and will possibly get a half crop. 

 Plenty of bloom but too dry to secrete nec- 

 tar. One of our yards did not have rain 

 from the last week in .\pril to the last week 

 in June. But little honey in melilotus after 

 the month of June. W. D. Null. 



Demopolis. Ala.. July 16. 



The white honey (low of the present sea- 

 son has yielded a fairly good average crop 

 in this locality. With a gradual beginning 

 of about a week from alsike clover and a 

 taperint,' off of the same length of time from 

 sweet clover the clover flow lasted from the 

 middle of June until the middle of July, the 

 heaviest How being from white clover. Up to 

 date. luly 18. bees are still bringing in a lit- 

 tle honey from sweet clover during the 

 early morning and forenoon hours. The 

 yield from better colonies is from 140 to 150 

 pounds of extracted honey, and quite a few 

 of the comb-honey producers are working 

 in their tifth and sixth supers 



LaSalle. N. Y. G. C. Greiner. 



We do not feel that we will have to resort 

 to feeding just yet. though we may have to 

 later on. We have not taken ofif any honey 

 yet. and will not likely as the clover is dry- 

 ing up. In fact, the clover has not been 

 much at any time, and basswood has not 

 yielded anything beyond what the bees used. 



Colo. Iowa. July 15. F.W.Hall. 



The season opened early and well, with 

 the bees getting much early pollen and suth- 

 cient honey to .make them breed rapidly. 

 The result was more swarms than we have 

 had in several years. Unluckily the season 

 did not prove so good all through. At this 

 date we might estimate the honey produc- 

 tion at 75 percent of normal in quantity and 

 85 percent in qualitv. H. C. Barron. 



Ilagerman, New Mexico. 



It is too early yet to make a definite report. 

 Reports from my men in Idaho and Utah. 10 

 days ago. indicated very poor prospects. 

 But since, the bees are gathering honey. I es- 

 timate from one-half to three-fourths of a 

 normal crop, but conditions could change 

 yet for better or for worse. N. E. Miller. 



Logan. Utah. July 14. 



Our crop has been a short one, about one- 

 half a normal crop, and practically all the 

 honey is now sold. In the extreme south tlie 

 season is not over until November, as we 



usually get a crop of fine white honey in the 

 ,■}• „ „ Grant Anderson 



San Benito. Tex.. July 15. 



We always have a good honey crop in the 

 Imperial Valley. What we call a poor year 

 gives us better than the average of the 

 State. My yield this year will probably be 

 20 percent above normal. On account of a 

 steady increase in the number of bees here, 

 the amount of honey shipped from the val- 

 ley will show a greater increase. I have in- 

 creased from 720 to 1000 colonies this season. 



Brawley. Calif.. July 14. J. Edgar Ross. 



All southern California sections are under 

 half crop. Ventura and Santa Barbara 

 counties about one fourth yield I think you 

 can safely put the southern California crop 

 at 40 percent of normal. Northern Califor- 

 nia is backward and too eaily to report on 

 crop. Prices are dull. Honey is of ex- 

 cellent quality. See my department. 



Orange. Calif.. July is. J, E. Pleasants. 



Up to July 1. the prospects were the worst 

 they have been for four years; since then 

 they have been fair. Will have one-third to 

 one-half crop, depending upon the weather. 



Nampa. Idaho. July 17. L. C. McCarty. 



Conditions are about normal here. Bees 

 are self sustaining now. and possibly stor- 

 ing a little. The crop this year was about 75 

 percent, the shortage being caused by high 

 winds in the midst of the flow. 



S. S. Alderman. 



Wewahitchka. Fla.. July 16. 



Let not the reader be led to the con- 

 clusion, from the above reports, that 

 the crop is very short. Fact is, many 

 of the localities are yet to have a part 

 of their flow, while some of the locali- 

 ties which report a fair to average flow 

 are among those which furnish the 

 largest quantities of honey for the 

 market. 



We sincerely believe that the short- 

 age of honey in some localities this 

 season, however, will in part make up 

 for the large crop of the season pre- 

 vious, so that the honey market may 

 remain stable. By this we do not mean 

 that the producer should hold his 

 honey for a higher price. Sell your 

 honey just as quickly as you can get it 

 oflF of your hands (this applies every 

 year), but do not let it go at a sacrifice. 

 Study your own local conditions, the 

 conditions of the honey crop, the con- 



ditions of the honey market, set your 

 prices accordingly, and then sell what 

 you have as fast as you can. 



Meeting ot Massachusetts Beekeepers. 



—A joint annual Field Day meeting of 

 the Worcester County Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation and Eastern Massachusetts 

 Society of Beekeepers is to be held at 

 the home of O. F. Fuller, Blackstone 

 St., Blackstone, Mass., Aug. 8, 1914, 

 under the auspices of the State Board 

 of Agriculture. Program as follows: 



12:00 m.— Basket luncheon. Coffee served 

 by the associations. 



I ;oo p.m.— Address by Hon. Wilfred Whee- 

 ler, of Concord. Mass.. Secretary of the 

 State Board of Agriculture. " Massachusetts 

 as a Honey Producing State." 



Address— Dr. Burton N. Gates, of Amherst. 

 Mass. 



Bee Disease Demonstrations by John L. 

 Byard and Dr. Burton N. Gates. Masssachu- 

 setts Agricultural College. 17. Materials for 

 Beekeepers. .Simple and indispensable ap- 

 paratus will be explained. />. The Manipu- 

 lation of Bees. Instructions for operatinga 

 colony. !. The ShakingTreatment for Brood 

 Diseases of Bees. These demonstrations 

 will utilize living bees and essential appa- 

 ratus. 



Address by .'Arthur C. Miller, of Provi- 

 dence. R. I. 



Address by A. W. Yates, of Hartford. Conn. 

 — " Bees a Necessity in Kruit Growing." 



Address by E. F. Tuttle. of Woonsocket. 

 R. I- — " Beekeeping in Early Days." 



Remarks by distinguished apiarists pres- 

 ent. 



Exhibition— Beekeepersare urged to make 

 displays. Queen bees. Bees by the pound. 



A full program! Live bees! Live 

 beekeepers ! Everybody come. Ladies 

 especially invited. 



Trains to Blackstone may be reached 

 from Boston by the New Haven road. 

 Leaves Boston at 8 :00 o'clock a.m. and 

 8:2.5 a.m. Leaves Boston at 4:30 p.m. 



Trains leave Providence R. L, for 

 Blackstone every hour. 



Trains leave Worcester for Black- 



CORNER OF AN APIARV OF 700 LOG HiVES AT A MONASTEY IN RUSSIA. 



