AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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the bees if fed in that condition. Feed 

 honey when possible. — W. M. Barnum. 



Don't make the syrup too thick. It wiil 

 winter the bees just as well if fed a little 

 thin. No honey is required with the 

 syrup to keep from granulating, but the 

 honey adds to its good wintering quali- 

 ties. Only the pollen-theory crank would 

 keep all honey from the bees in winter. 

 — G. L. Tinker. 



Reports of 9Ienibcrs of Illinois 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. 



I herewith send a report of the honey 

 crop at the close of the season, from a 

 portion of the members of the Illinois 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The answers which follow correspond 

 with the questions by number : 



1. How many colonies have you? 



2. What are the prospects for a honey 

 crop ? 



3. How much honey gathered to date? 



4. Is the honey gathered No. 1 or not? 



Thos. B. Allen, Stirrup Grove— 1. 31. 

 2. Not good — no white clover. 3. About 

 36 pounds. 4. Not very good. 



A. B. Anthony, Coleta— I. 26. 2. All 

 right for next year. 3. 300 pounds of 

 comb, 400 of extracted. 4. No. 1. 



F. X. Arnold, Deer Plain— 1. 102. 2. 

 The crop is over. 3. About 3,300 lbs. 

 4. X honey-dew, the remainder yellow, 

 from fall flowers. 



C. M. Beall, Clayton— 1. 8. 2. We 

 have had nice rains, and I think the 

 bees will get enough to winter on. 3. 

 None. 



Peter Blunier, Roanoke — 1. 52. 2. 

 Season is past. 3. No surplus, but 

 about enough to winter on. 4. Dark. 



Jas. Bertram, Bristol— 1. 12. 2. Fair 

 for next year. 3. 180 lbs. of extracted. 

 4. No. 1 amber, mostly from Alsike and 

 sweet clover. 



M. Bevier, Bradford— 1. 40. 2. Very 

 poor. 3. 90 lbs. 4. Dark color. 



S N. Black, Clayton— 1. 30. 2. Bees 

 will require feeding to winter safely. 3. 

 No honey gathered. 



C. Covell, Buda— 1. 35. 2. Fair, as 

 the red clover bloom furnished honey 

 this year. 3. Nearly 1,500 lbs. 4. Very 

 good, but amber colored, being a mixture 

 of basswood and red clover. 



Dadant & Son, Hamilton— 1. 350. 2. 

 None. 3. None. 4. Have not harvested 

 enough to make up for what feed they 

 will need. 



Peter Dahl. Granville— 1. 135. 2. 

 None. 3. 300 or 400 lbs. 4. No. 1. 

 P. J. England, Fancy Prairie— 1. 28. 



2. Bees are adding slowly to their stores. 



3. 600 lbs. of extracted honey. 4. A 

 shade below No. 1. 



J. D. Everett. Oak Park— 1. 30. 2. 

 Good. 3. 900 lbs. 4. Yes. 



E. T. Flanagan, Belleville— 1. 250. 

 2. None— all over now. 3. 2,500 lbs. 



4. No. 1 fall. 



J. M. Hambaugh, Spring— 1. 120. 2. 

 Honey crop all in for this season. 3. 

 Will be in the region of 7,500 lbs. 4. 

 3^ poor, balance fair, no gilt edge. 



B. W. Hayek, Quincy— 1. 97. 2. Fall 

 season so far (Sept. 27) good. 3. 2,500 

 lbs., expect 1,000 more. 4. No. 1 fall. 



Wm. Little, Marissa— 1. 60. 2. Sea- 

 son past. 3. 600 lbs., and bees have 

 enough to winter on. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo — 1. About 

 200. 2. Nix. 3. 20 lbs. 4. No. 



Adna Phelps, Springfield— 1. 10. 2. 

 None at all. 3. None. 4. Answered 

 above. 



George Poindextor, Kenney — 1. 73. 

 2. About U. 3. 250 lbs. 4. No. 1 

 heart's-ease. 



James Poindexter, Bloomington — 1. 

 What would make about 160 full colo- 

 nies. 2. All vanished. 3. No surplus 

 — enough to winter on. 4. No. 1 heart's- 

 ease mostly. 



Daniel E. Robbins, Payson — 1. 30. 2. 

 None. 3. 225 lbs., basswood. 4. Very 

 nice, as I only took the good, leaving 

 honey-dew in the hives. A neighbor 

 living nine miles south of me on the 

 bottom, reports a fine flow from large 

 smart-weed. 



Geo. F. Robbins, Mechanicsburg — 1. 

 64. 2. Rather late to prospect. 3. Get 

 out! What! the only complete failure 

 I have ever known in my 12 years of 

 bee-keeping. 



F. A. Snell, Milledgeville— 1. 112. 2. 

 Honey-flow over. 3. 1,500 lbs, 4. Very 

 good. 



P. E. Vandenburg, Jerseyville — 1. 37. 

 2. Very poor. 3. About 100 lbs. of 

 extracted. 4. Not what I call No. 1. 



Walter M. Van Meter, Era, Tex. — 1 

 7. 2. Light. 3. 50 lbs. 4. Honey 

 very good. 



F. C. Vibert, Hockanum, Conn. — 1. 7, 



2. Poor— reasons given in July report 



3. 38 lbs. 4. No. 1. 



E. Whittlesey, Pecatonica— 1. 70. 2, 

 The season is past. 3. 100 lbs. all told! 



4. Third grade. Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 

 Bradfordton, 111., Oct. 25. 



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