AUGUST 15, 1912 



The houey prospects in this vicinity are very 

 poor. A severe drouth is setting in, and the only 

 honey-plants are the milkweed and sweet clover. 

 White clover has entirely disappeared ; so if a rain 

 does not soon come, only the strong colonies will 

 make enough for winter. No honey for market. 



Pawnee City, Neb., July 11. J. E. Bily. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 



The honey season has been fair so far, but would 

 have been much better if it had not been for the 

 cold dry weather in June. We are now having it 

 very warm, with lots of swarming. 



Pittsfield, N. H., July 8. Herbert C. Towle. 



NEW JERSEY 



I report from white clover; 35 colonies produced 

 3550 lbs. ; buckwheat not in bloom yet. 



Stanton, N. J., July 22. T. K. Cole. 



Never saw so much white clover here befor ; but 

 its season is just ended, hastened by drouth and 

 heat. 



Lyndhurst, N. J., July 5. C. D. Cheney. 



NEW MEXICO 



Outlook for honey in Pecos Valley is very gloomv. 



Roswell, N. M., July 5. J. W. E. Basham. 



NEW YORK 



We have the best clover yield in a number of 

 years. 



Oswego, N. Y. F. H. Cyrenius. 



The cold heavy rains during fruit-bloom made it 

 impossible for bees to work. It is about a month 

 since we have had any rain, therefore the flowers 

 are dying. Bees swarmed a month late this year 

 (June 15). 



Kendall, N. Y., July 9. T. H. Wing. 



I expect to have at least six tons of honey from 

 101 colonies, spring count. 



Middleville, N. Y., July 17. F. H. Stoddard. 



Nearly all the reports so far received say "Bees 

 doing finely." Mr. Dines was here this morning, 

 and said he took off 2000 lbs. of comb honey yester- 

 day, and is to take off more to-day. He increased 

 from 180 to 316 colonies. I believe the bees are 

 doing nicely up in Jefferson and St. Lawrence 

 counties, but have had very few reports from there. 



Syracuse, N. Y., July 24. F. A. Salisbury. 



We have been getting very favorable reports, and 

 it looks as though there would be a very good crop 

 of clover and basswood. For the last week or two 

 business has increased, which would indicate that 

 beekeepers must be getting honey. 



New York City, July 2. New York Branch. 



The honey crop here, nine miles south of Syra- 

 cuse, will be the best in years. There was much 

 white clover and basswood, and it looks like lots of 

 sweet clover. 



Fayetteville, N. Y. E. J. Bennett. 



The honey crop is a failure here. First, very wet 

 and cold; then protracted drouth. Surplus is scarce. 



Russell, N. Y., July 15. Hyle Crawford. 



Tremendous flow since June 20 — still on. Bass- 

 wood is just starting ; looks fine. Hives are five to 

 seven stories higli. Great is alsike. 



Randolph, N. Y., July 5. Geo. Shiber. 



The long-continued drouth has caused a falling-oflf 

 in the honey crop in this section ; but bees generally 

 are doing well — plenty of early clover honey gath- 

 ered ; lots of absconding swarms ; terrible loss in 

 spring dwindling in this section. 



Clifton Park, N. Y., July 22. A. L. Dows. 



NORTH CAROLINA' 



In Western North Carolina the crop will be above 

 the average. Poplar and basswood give an extra 

 good yield. 



Cane River, N. C, July 23. W. S. Edwards. 



The season is fairly good; average about 50 lbs. 

 comb and 11 extracted. 



Chadbourn, N. C., July 9. F. R. Jordan. 



OHIO 



Fair prospects for a honey crop here. 



Spargursville, O., July 7. J. R. Coopee. 



Bees are carrying in rapidly now, and have al- 

 ready stored a good amount ; and if we have rain to 

 prolong the life of the clover the yield promises to 

 be above the average. 



Barnesville, O., July 9. T. D. Evans. 



"V^ e are having here in this vicinity one of the 

 best honey-flows on record for this season of the 

 year. 



Toledo, O., June 14. S. J. Griggs & Co. 



We had a rich honey-flow from May 12 to 28, 

 from locust and poplar. It caused the bees to work 

 in the supers, and we had home-grown honey on the 

 market June 8 — very unusual for this locality. 

 Then there was a dearth for two weeks ; but since 

 June 16 honey has been coming in freely, mostly 

 from white and sweet clover. 



Cincinnati, O., July 10. Rev. E. R. Wagner. 



I am getting a fine crop of mainly snow-white 

 comb honey. Swarming is not a side issue with our 

 bees, but we are getting it under ordinary control 

 at this date. I am having no trouble in disposing of 

 honey in case lots at 20 cts. a pound. 



Glenwood Beard. 



Magnetic Springs, O., July 1. 



The honey flow is the best in ten years — good 

 rain and plenty of white clover. 



Lima, Ohio, July 18. J. A. Mooney. 



Best pasture in ten years; troubled much with 

 swarming, but a fine crop of honey already secured 



Columbiana, O., July 8. D. M. McGaffick. 



In this section the honey crop will be almost an 

 entire failure. 



Jerry City, O., July 9. S. C. Rearick. 



The drouth in May and June was unprecedented 

 Not much honey here this season. 



Bloomdale, O., July 6. M. N. Simon. 



Clover honey was a short crop. Basswood is good 

 — just coming to a close; average about two supers 

 to a colony — 70 lbs. 



Delphos, O., July 15. J. H. Allemier. 



I believe I have never seen a better honey-flow 

 ocally than is on at present. I was surprised in 

 looking over the bees to-day. Bees that I thought 

 had room enough had to have additional supers 



Zanesville, O., July 6. E. W. Peirce. 



Reports from bees in this part are not very en- 

 couraging—plenty of bees, hives heavy, but few 

 supers on, but bees do not go up into them at all 



Hebron, O., July 11. Mrs. Frank McGlade. 



We will secure a good crop of the finest white 

 honey in this section, close to an average of 75 sec- 

 tions per colony, and gathered rapidly, making a 

 predominance of fancy grade 



Beaumont, O., July 12. ' J. c. Atkinson. 



ONTARIO 

 A good colony, but not the best, gained 18 lbs. on 



the scale yesterday. We should have at least 40 000 



lbs., white crop. 



Nelles Corners, Ont., July 12. R. & H 



Bumper crop bumper quality ; bumper swarms - 



bumper clover flow— six weeks. Beat that if you 



Toronto, Ont., July 19. Chas. E. Hopper. 



PENNSYLVANIA 



The crop report for my section of the State 

 shows one of the most wonderful honey-flows that it 

 has ever been my experience to witness. 



Philadelphia, Pa., July 20. Geo. M. Steele. 



My bees are doing finely this year. Some have 

 filled two supers already. 



Allemans, Pa., July 18. J. A. Spacht. 



This is certainly a great year for honey. The 

 little fellows will pay off the back debt; 108 lbs. 

 from one colony, comb honey. 



Washington, Pa., July 8. J. C. McNebly. 



It is a very good white-clover yield of honey this 

 year. 



Corydon, Pa., July 16. Geo. Whitcomb. 



Quite a number of bees froze last winter, and 

 some of the remaining are very weak, so they were 

 slow gathering up, but are doing very well now 



McVeytown, Pa., July 10. J. H. Byler. 



We are having a good honey yield this season all 

 through this section of the county. 



New Holland, Pa., July 8. H. W. Martin. 



The honey crop will be short in this locality from 

 present indications. Clover is about over, and less 

 than half the bees are at work in supers. I can no4 

 speak except from this immediate locality 



Linden, Pa., July 8. David L. Young 



