I<i96. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



653 



Qej;)eral Iterr)s^ 



Illinois State Members' Reports. 



The four questions ordered sent out 

 by the Secretary of the Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association to its members, 

 were mailed on Sept. 15. The ques- 

 tions and answers thereto are as, follows: 



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? 



Peter Blunier, of Roanolfe — 1, 100 

 now ; spring count, 54. 2, Honey crop 

 is at an end for this season. 8, About 

 1,600 pounds, and about as much more 

 on the hives yet. 4, Most of it is No. 1 ; 

 some must be classed as No. 2. 



W. B. Blume, of Norwood Parli— 1, 

 36, spring count; now 78. 2, Not very 

 good. 3, About 2,000 pounds. 4, Half 

 No. 1 ; the balance a mixed grade. 



F. X. Arnold, of Deer Plain— 1, 139. 

 2, Nix ; it's all over. 3, Can't tell ; a 

 little more than the bees need for win- 

 ter. 4, Heart's-ease and Spanish-needle. 



C. Becker, of Pleasant Plain— 1, 50. 

 2, Fair since Sept. 1. 3, About 500 

 pounds surplus. 4, No. 1 for fall honey, 

 but dark. 



M. M. Baldridge, of St. Charles— 1, 

 20. 2, When? Too late in the season 

 for prospects. 3, About half a crop — 

 not more than .$15 worth per colony. 

 4, Very good, being a combination of 

 sweet clover, white clover and Alsike. 



W. G. Secor, of Greenfield— 1, 35. 2. 

 No clover honey; fall flow coming in 

 now, and will be good if the weather is 

 favorable. 3, 20 pounds of extracted 

 and 28 of comb ; balance is on the hives; 

 will " round up " later. 4, No. 1 smart- 

 weed and Spanish-needle. 



A. I. Emmons, of Greenfield — 1, 40. 

 2, Fair for fall honey, if frost does not 

 come too soon. 3, None taken off the 

 hives yet. 4, From fall flowers. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, of Marengo— 1, About 

 270. 2, No prospect about it, but a 

 pretty good reality. 3, Probably not 

 far from 10,000 ponnds of comb honey. 

 4, Not by a long sight. It's the nicest 

 kind of honey. 



W. C. Lyman, of Downer's Grove — 1, 

 57. 2, Poor. 3, About 250 pounds. 

 4, Good. 



G. W. Williams, of Mt. Sterling— 1, 

 25. 2, Better than for six years. 3, 

 About 800 pounds. 4, A little No. 1. 



Chas. Dadant & Son, of Hamilton — 1, 

 About 320. 2, Bad. 3, A little clover ; 

 no fall crop. 4, Not very good. 



J. Q. Smith, of Lincoln — 1, I have re- 

 duced to 35 colonies. 2, Good for fall 

 crop. 3, I put on 2,000 sections, and 

 all are about sealed over ; 14 colonies 

 are building comb under the hives. 4, 

 No. 1. It is smartweed, and very white 

 and clear. I never had finer nor better 

 filled sections. 



A. Y. Baldwin, of DeKalb— 1, 80. 2, 

 Nothing brilliant, save a fall flow. 3, 

 Between 1,000 and 1,200 pounds. 4, 

 Fair for fall honey. 



J. A. Green, of Ottawa— 1, 110. 2, 

 Bees are doing very well at present. If 

 the weather continues favorable, we will 



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They are also largely Interested In, and call 

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nerAwrri. rjie Amjerieain Bee JmJurncA 



Bee-Keeper's Guide— see page 654. 



have a pood crop. 3, About 3,000 

 pounds. 4, Some honey-dew; otherwise 

 No. 1. 



Geo. Thompson, of Geneva — 1, 1*3, 



2, Not very good. 3, Not over 300 

 pounds, -i. Honey dark, having no white 

 clover. 



^ S. H. Herrick, of Rockford— 1, 20. 



3, 225 pounds. Bees are now storing 

 surplus from new crop of white clover 

 and second blossoming of Alsike. 4, 

 175 pounds No. 1 ; 50 pounds not. 



Elias Robinson, of Carmi— 1. GO. 2, 

 Not to exceed half a crop. 3. About 

 400 pounds. 4, 2nd in quality. 



W. T. Talbott, of Farmingdale— 1. 

 20. 2, None. 3, About 20 pounds. 4, 

 No. 2 grade. 



A. P. Raught, of V0I0--I, 11. 3, 

 370 pounds. 4, 275 pounds white clo- 

 ver, and the rest buckwheat. 



C. Schrier, of Peotone— 1, 19. 2, 

 Very good. 3, 900 pounds, and more 

 coming. 4, No. 1. 



S. N. Black, of Clayton— 1, 17. 2, 

 Will get ho honey. 3, No surplus. 



John A. Crntchfield, of Broadwell— 1, 

 10. 2, Good. 3, 100 pounds. 4, No. 1. 



R. Miller, of Compton— 1, 100. 3, 

 Only half a crop this year. 4, No. 1. 



E. West, of Channahon— 1, 45. 2, 

 Poor. 3, About 800 pounds. Haven't 

 taken it off yet. 4. Not No. 1 ; dark in 

 color, and strong in flavor. 



Frank Ernst, of Farmingdale— 1, 10. 

 2, Very poor. 3, None. 



E. F. Schaper, of Chesterton, Ind.— 1, 

 (iO. 2, Poor. 3, 150 pounds extracted; 

 probably will extract 500 pounds more. 



4, Good light amber. 



J. A. Roorda, of DeMotte, Ind.— 1, 80 

 colonies, spring count, increased to 101. 

 2, Good. 3, About 8,000 pounds of 

 comb honey, and 500 pounds of ex- 

 tracted. 4, Amber. 



The above reports are all so far heard 

 from. Jas. a. Stone, Sec. 



A Keport froin Tennessee. 



Bees have done very well so far this 

 year. Our honey here in East Tennessee 

 is gathered from the poplar and bass- 

 wood, first crop, and from the golden- 

 rod and white aster for fall crop. Bees 

 are now at work on the golden-rod, and 

 are now doing very well. We find comb 

 honey the best to produce for the mar- 

 ket, and it leaves the bees in better con- 

 dition for winter than by extracting. I 

 have run an apiary for 20 years, and I 

 always find the American Bee Journal 

 to be very good. My crop of honey this 

 year was 2,000 pounds. 



G. D. Hawk. 



Childress, Tenn., Sept. 18. 



Half a Crop of Honey. 



Bees did very well in this part of the 

 country up to the first of August, but 

 since then they have done nothing. 

 There is just about half a crop, so I 

 would say that it is not advisable for 

 Horrie &, Co. to send Mr. Dingman here 

 to buy honey this year, as the crop is so 

 light that it would not pay him. He did 

 well (?) here last year, but I think it 

 will not pay him to come this year, and 

 so I advise him to stay at home. 



Our southern Minnesota bee-keepers' 

 convention closed yesterday; we had a 

 two-days' session, and a good time gen- 



