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Prospects are good for a big honey crop. White 

 clover is in full bloom. t ^ r^ 



Preeport, 111., July 5. A. E. LONG. 



IOWA 



There seems to be a pretty good honey-flow here 

 at present. There has been much swarming in my 

 yard for a week or ten days. 



Leon, la., July 4. Edwin Bevins. 



We have had the best season so far in several 

 years. Clover gave a big yield, and dandelions and 

 willows gave an immense amount early. 



Lake City, la., July 10. Ikving Wernick. 



Honey flow is over ; clover is drying up ; strong 

 colonies average about 50 lbs. extracted each; but 

 most colonies are weak, due to hard winter and late 



'^DUon, Iowa, July 8. E. A. Doney. 



Bees came through the winter in poor condition 

 and dwindled down badly during April and May. 1 

 can not see more than half a crop. Drouth has cut 

 clover and basswood short. 



Elkader, la., July 22. Herman Ahrens. 



KANSAS 



Basswood, bee clover, and catnip yielded finely. 

 White clover was a total failure. 



Tanganoxie, Kan., July 9. Carl Barnhart. 

 KENTUCKY 



Honey has been coming in very slowly; flow is 

 about over; it will not exceed one-fourth of a crop. 



Richmond, Ky., July 5. Clifton Weaver. 



There has been too much rain for the honey crop. 

 Plants are growing well; and if the season is favor- 

 able from now on we may expect a good fall flow of 

 honey I have failed to get sweet clover to grow. 



Livia, Ky., July 4. Hugh L. Lynn. 



The honey crop for Bracken Co. will be about an 

 average one. This is the best flow we ever knew; 

 but there are not enough bees to gather it. Ihe 

 flow is entirely from sweet clover. I have not seen 

 8 dozen bees on white clover. I have one colony 

 that will extract at least 250 lbs. of honey. 



Bradford, Ky., July 22. M. A. AULICK. 



Spring flow was a failure. Bees are very short of 

 stores now. Some extra strong colonies have stored 

 a little dogfennel honey, very dark and slightly 

 bitter. Worst honev season I ever saw. 



Kevil, Ky., July 5. J. .G. Nance. 



MARYLAND 



The honey yield is running from 75 to 125 lbs. 

 to the colony. 



Aikin, Md., July 5. J. Ford Sempers. 



This has been a very good season for bees — 

 much swarming, and the best honey-flow in many 

 years. However, from one-half to two-thirds of the 

 bees died last winter, so that the honey crop will 

 not be large. „ .^ „ 



Frederick, Md., July 19. F. D. Covell. 



The honey crop in this section is fully up to the 

 average, or a little better — mostly clover. 



Lloyds, Md., July 6. John Thompson. 



MASSACHUSETTS 



I do not expect to get over a third of a honey 

 crop this year. Bees worked very little on white 

 clover. I may get a little fall honey, as we are hav- 

 ing rains now — almost three inches since the 11th of 

 this month. 



Swampscott, Mass., July 24. G. C. Gordon. 



The honev crop this season is exceptionally good. 



Greenfield, Mass., July 18. L. A. Loveland. 



MICHIGAN 



Up to date, bees are doing finely. My bees win- 

 tered well, and swarmed early. I got quite a few 

 natural swarms in May, and some hives have the 

 third super on — very good for this locality. The 

 honey is the whitest I have seen for a long time. 



Estey, Mich., July 8. Milo Wright. 



The honey crop in Ionia Co. will be very short, 

 owing to the heavy winter loss of more than three- 

 fourths of our bees. Recent rains are favorable for 

 a good late flow. 



Ionia, Mich., July 22. A. H. Guernsey. 



We have been having fine weather for a flow, and 

 the bees are doing well; basswood is just opening. 

 Many bees winter-killed where not well protected, 

 and not strong at beginning of flow. 



Highland, Mich., July 8. R. D. Mills. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



I had a good flow of clover and basswood here; 

 plenty of wet to make good fall pasture. 



Olenwood, Mich., July 18. E. E. Mott. 



The honey-flow from raspberry and clover is good. 

 Willowherb is out, but yielding slowly; basswood 

 will be in bloom in a few days. Indications point 

 to a good year generally. 



Levering, Mich., July 13. J. D. Robinson. 



We are having a fine honey flow. White clover 

 and raspberries are abundant ; not enough bees to 

 take care of it. I had much trouble with spring 

 dwindling ; some lost nearly all their bees. 



Wolverine, Mich., July 6. L. K. Feick. 



MINNESOTA 



Swarms seem to be heavy. White clover is every- 

 where. The prospects are good. 



Aitkin, Minn., July 9. Mrs. J. R. Darling. 



My bees are doing fairly well this summer. There 

 was more white clover than there has been for a 

 number of years. I lost half of my bees in the 

 cellar. 



Warsaw, Minn., July 22. R. R. Randall. 



This is certainly a clover year here in Minnesota, 

 with quite a good flow of honey. Basswood is just 

 coming in bloom ; plenty of rain for the former, but 

 too much for the latter. 



Minneapolis, Minn., July 12. E. T. Edson. 



Despite the fact that clover has bloomed more pro- 

 fusely than it has any year since 1908, the crop of 

 honey from that source will be very light. The rea- 

 son for the scanty secretion of nectar is likely due 

 to lack of age of the clover, which is not rooted as 

 deeply as should be, most of it having its start from 

 seed late last fall. Basswood bloom is extremely 

 light, and but one-fourth of the trees are blooming. 

 The yield from same will be insignificant. 



Chatfield, Minn., July 13. J. J. Kadletz. 



Two-thirds of the white-clover honey is lost owing 

 to two weeks of storms and bad weather. Basswood 

 flow started yesterday ; about one-quarter of the bees 

 remain alive after all the drawbacks we have had. 



Swanville, Minn., July 17. John S. Lind. 



MISSISSIPPI 

 Light crop of honey, owing to too much rain. 

 Foxtrap, Miss., July 13. J. E. C. Weaver. 



MISSOURI 



There is not one pound of white-clover honey 

 here ; basswood, small flow ; no prospects. 



Marceline, Mo., July 6. Irving E. Long. 



One hundred per cent of swarming and ten per 

 cent of a honey crop for this part of Missouri. 



Fredericktown, Mo., July 22. Jas. Backler. 



My bees all died last winter but 12 stands ; but 

 very little white clover bloomed this season. Bee 

 clover is fair; will probably get 100 lbs. of comb 

 honey. 



Gunn City, Mo., July 8. jAs. A. Adams. 



Clover crop is a failure ; basswood good, but not 

 much of it ; no surplus unless from fall flowers. 



Napton, Mo., July 5. Jas. T. Shackelford. 



Prospects for honey are not as good as last year 

 — too much rain, too weak in spring. 



Lohman, Mo., July 11. Wm. A. Baumann. 



We are having the best honey flow here that we 

 have had in years. I have some colonies that have 

 made 175 lbs. of section honey. 



Morrisville, Mo., July 20. H. C. Day. 



The honey crop here will be about half a yield for 

 clover and Isasswood. Too dry. 



Unionville, Mo., July 8. Fred H. Drury. 



No surplus honey in North Missouri or Southern 

 Iowa ; bees will do well to get winter stores. 



Unionville, Mo., July 19. E. F. Quigley. 



NEBRASKA 



We are having a good flow, but it is getting dry; 

 very few bees to gather it. 



Cozad, Neb., July 8. Thos. Atkinson. 



There has been a good basswood flow. The 

 weather being too dry, the other plants have pro- 

 duced no nectar. 



Plattsmouth, Neb., July 9. J. N. Nbilson. 



The honey-flow is the best in many years. Ev- 

 ery thing seems to secrete well. Some have secured 

 already three supers to the colony. 



Humboldt, Neb., July 6. J. L. Gandy. 



