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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 16, 



secured from one colony was 188 pounds 

 in well-filled sections, and a lot of un- 

 finished ones that were not counted. The 

 be^s were leather-colored Italians. The 

 largest yield of extracted honey from 

 one colony, that were given more start- 

 ers of foundation in the super, and had 

 to build their own comb, was 267 

 pounds. This honey was gathered from 

 white clover. The average yield through- 

 out the apiary was 120 pounds. 



Mrs. L. C. Axtell, Roseville, 111.— The 

 season of 1882 we received 39,000 

 pounds of honey, mostly comb, in first- 

 class sections, from 180 colonies, and 

 increased to A'db colonies, being a little 

 over 216r.j pounds per colony. Our 

 greatest yield from one colony (a good 

 hybrid) was about 300 pounds. Of the 

 39,000 pounds only 500 was extracted. 

 The honey netted us in Chicago 12K 

 cents per pound. 



H. W. Funk, Bloomington, III.— I got 

 in the year 1882, from 75 colonies, 

 15,593 pounds of honey. One-half or 

 more was comb of the finest quality, and 

 averaged 207 pounds per colouy. It 

 rained so much that there was not much 

 honey from white clover gathered, but 

 heart's-ease covered every field, as it 

 was so wet that many fields were not 

 planted to any crop. Since then nearly 

 all the farms have been tilled, and 

 heart's-ease and clover are both scarce, 

 and the outlook not encouraging. 



J. W. Bittenbender, Knoxville, Iowa. — 

 The largest yield from one colony, spring 

 count, was 208 pounds of comb honey. 

 Extracted honey, 3,400 pouuds from 45 

 colonies. Hybrid bees. 



Frank Ck)verdale, Delmar, Iowa. — I 

 really do not know what my best colony 

 gathered, but my best yield was in 

 1886, 208 pouuds to the colony, half 

 extracted. Bees were blacks, hybrids, 

 and Italians. The Eastern Iowa Bee- 

 Keepers' Association showed an average, 

 in 1889. of 212 pounds per colony, 

 nearly all comb. 



Chas. Dadant & Son, Hamilton, III. — 

 The largest crop of honey we have ever 

 harvested was harvested in 1889, if we 

 remember right, from about 400 colo- 

 nies of bees, mostly Italians, with some 

 hybrids and a few blacks — 45,000 

 pounds. VVe cannot give the largest 

 amount harvested by one colony, for the 

 reason that during our best seasons we 

 were too busy to waste time weighing 

 the crop of a part of the hives, and 

 every time that we have started weigh- 

 ing the crop harvested by one single col- 

 ony, some other colony managed to get 

 far ahead of this. If the honey was all 

 harvested at once, it would be but little 

 trouble to weigh the best, but we have 

 extracted as many as five times from one 

 apiary in one season, and we believe that 

 during that season some colonies yielded 

 as much as 400 pounds, and perhaps 

 more. 



L. W. Baldwin, Independence, Mo. — 

 I will say that the best report from one 

 colony that I remember was 150 pounds 

 of comb honey. The bees were pure 

 Italians. The best crop I ever had was 

 In 1886, when I took 12,000 pounds in 

 one-pound sections from 150 colonies. 

 It was nearly all from white clover, and 

 was very fine. The bees were nearly all 

 pure Italians. Myself and sons have 

 now about 600 colonies in winter quar- 

 ters. 



James Heddon, Cass Co., Mich. — I 

 am unable to answer further than to say 



that I once took 410 pounds of surplus 

 from one colony not fussed with in any 

 way. The hive had no movable frames 

 at all ; 362 pounds of the surplus was 

 comb, and 48 was extracted honey. This 

 was about 25 years ago, when we had 

 fresh moisture at the roots of the bass- 

 wood trees. From 48 colonies, that sea- 

 son, the yield was very large (see back 

 number of the American Bee Journal). 

 One year I began an out-apiary with 

 102 colonies; increased to 225. I kept 

 no account of the number of pounds, but 

 I did of the cash I received from it, 

 and it was $1,070.00. It cost me less 

 than §70 for labor. I once hived a full 

 prime swarm, on 10 Langstroth frames, 

 during a copious basswood flow. After 

 three days I opened the brood-chamber 

 {all there was to the hive) to see how 

 the queen was laying. I found about 50 

 square inches of comb in the center of 

 one frame, empty and shining, but not 

 an egg in any cell. All the rest was 

 solid with basswood honey, and partly 

 sealed over. I threw all out clean, and 

 got about 70 pounds of honey. Next 

 day at precisely the same hour (10:30 

 a.m.) I opened the hive to see if my 

 queeu was then laying, and I found so 

 much honey (all unsealed and ?! ripe) 

 that I threw it all out and weighed it. 

 It tipped the scale-beam at 29 pounds 

 and 13 ounces. This is my best record. 

 One year I got §800 from 16 colonies, 

 and increased to 33. I sold the honey 

 (it was extracted) in glass jars, and it 

 netted me 32 cents a pound. These 

 were the days when Nature favored us. 

 Bees paid then. 



B. Taylor, Forestville, Minn.— The 

 largest yield from a single colony in 

 comb honey was 265 pouuds of market- 

 able honey. There were some unfinished 

 sections that were not counted. The 

 bees did not swarm, and were first-cross 

 Italian hybrids. The best yield I ever 

 had from a whole yard was 143 pounds 

 per colony from 45 colonies, spring 

 count. This was finished comb honey, 

 and there was a quantity of unfinished 

 that was not weighed. The bees were 

 blacks, with a slight mixture of Italian, 

 but mostly pure blacks. They were in- 

 creased to 70 colonies. 



G. M. Doolittle, Borodino, N. Y.— 

 Largest yield of comb honey from one 

 colony, 309 pounds. Largest yield of 

 extracted honey from one colony in one 

 season, 566 pounds. Largest crop in 

 one season, 11,492 pounds, from 69 

 colonies ; mostly comb ; from choice 

 Italian bees. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. --My 

 largest yield was in 1882—16,549 

 pounds from 172 colonies, comb honey. 

 I don't know the largest yield per colony, 

 but never had anything extraordinary. 

 I'm not in a good region, having nothing 

 but clover for surplus. 



Mrs. L. Harrison, Peoria, 111. — The 

 best yield from one colony was 200 

 pounds, Italian bees. Largest yield in 

 one year, 5,000 pounds, mostly comb, 

 from 80 colonies, spring count; in- 

 creased to 120 colonies. Italian bees. 



We should be glad to add to the fore- 

 going replies, if any others will report 

 their large yields in a very condensed 

 form. We would like to have replies 

 particularly from States not represented 

 in the list given. 



Mr. Flanagan, in closing his article, 

 has these encouraging words to offer : 



We can hardly conceive of circum- 

 stances under which extracted honey 

 would bring 32 to 40 cents, and comb 

 honey 50 cents per pound. Those days 

 are gone forever, and the possibilities of 

 realizing .$800 from the product of 16 

 colonies in one season, as given by Mr. 

 Heddon, is not for us ; but that there 

 will be good old-fashioned seasons again, 

 for us of the Middle Western States, X 

 have no more doubt than I have of my 

 existence ; and, as in other lines of busi- 

 ness, when, owing to low prices, bad 

 seasons, and gloomy outlook, so many 

 are turning their attention to other 

 things, now is the time to hold on. Give 

 more attention than ever to every de- 

 tail ; see that all things are in the best 

 possible order, and be ready to take ad- 

 vantage of the opportunities for success, 

 as they present themselves. 



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