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I have to report the honey crop with 

 me almost a total failure ; certainly less 

 than X 3 of a crop. I have had but 12 

 natural swarms from 70 colonies, and 

 some, I fear, will not gather honey 

 enough to winter on. 



Geo. W. Teller. 



Colon, Mich., Aug. 16, 1880. 



I expected to obtain a good yield of 

 white clover honey, but did not get any. 

 I have taken about 175 lbs. of basswood, 

 and will get from 200 to 400 lbs. of buck- 

 wheat honey more, all in the 1% lb. sec- 

 tions, and I think, as far as I can hear, 

 that I am the only one about here who 

 is getting any surplus, except a little 

 buckwheat. I have at present 81 colo- 

 nies of bees (6 of them Italians). My 

 total yield is about 500 lbs.— % of the 

 amount taken in 1878. 



J. H. Murdoch. 



Dexter, Mich., Aug. 16, 1880. 



In this (Miami) county there are 

 about 1,200 colonies of bees, and one- 

 fifth the average number of swarms ; 

 no surplus honey worth mentioning up 

 to Aug. 15th, and none in the market 

 here. We are expecting perhaps x i of 

 an average yield from fall flowers. This 

 year's yield in Northern Indiana will 

 not exceed more than % of an average 

 crop. I have 75 colonies. 



W. A. Horton. 



Macy, Ind., Aug. 16, 1880. 



This has been a poor year for bees in 

 this section of the country. There is 

 very little comb honey made. 



M. H. Milster. 



Frohna, Mo., Aug. 13, 1880. 



I have taken about 600 lbs. of comb 

 honey from 39 colonies in the spring, and 

 have 400 or 500 lbs. yet on the hives in 

 partly-filled sections. I extracted about 

 150 lbs. I have increased to 47 colonies. 

 The prospect is very good for fall honey. 

 H. W. Funk. 



Bloomington, 111., Aug. 11, 1880. 



I have obtained no surplus to date ; 

 we may get a little from buckwheat, but 

 it will take about all of that to winter 

 on ; and so far as I know, every bee- 

 keeper is in the same Hx. 



J. Lee Anderson. 



Lawrence, 111., Aug. 19, 1880. 



The wet weather seems to have 

 washed out the honey from the Mowers ; 

 but since the corn, cotton and asters 

 have bloomed, I think the yield will be 

 about 25 lbs. to each hive. 



J. A. Austin. 



Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 14, 1880. 



From 21 colonies I have extracted. 

 250 lbs., and had 500 lbs. of comb honey. 

 I expect a like amount from fall flowers. 

 John Herbst. 



Eichville, Mich., Aug. 18, 1880. 



From 12 colonies I have extracted 

 113% lbs. of extracted and 73% lbs. of" 

 comb honey ; all from white clover. I 

 do not expect any fall surplus, it will 

 take all of that for the bees to winter 

 on. R. L. Aylor. 



Waterloo, Ky., Aug. 9, 1880. 



I have 50 lbs. of honey and no increase 



from 46 colonies. Bees are weak but 



working lively on golden rod. I cannot 



expect more than 400 lbs. for the season.. 



J. A. Green. 



Dayton, 111., Aug. 11, 1880. 



In April I had 22 colonies ; now I have 

 40. I have extracted 285 lbs. and have 

 no comb honey. I do not expect any 

 surplus from fall flowers, though the 

 bees are working on them lively. 



J. Chapman. 



Home, Mich., Aug. 14, 1880. 



From 150 colonies I get no honey or 

 increase. The bees were in good con- 

 dition, and the weather was favorable 

 but the blossoms secreted no honey. 

 There is no surplus honey in this, 

 county, so far as I know. 



D. B. Ulery. 



Northampton, O., Aug. 13, 1880. 



My honey crop for 18S0 is 1,029 lbs. of 

 extracted and 573 lbs. in the combf 

 chiefly light, from 35 colonies ; I expect 

 a good yield from fall flowers, but no> 

 surplus. Ciias. Welling. 



Jackson, Mo., Aug. 11, 1880. 



I shall have about 1,000 lbs. of honey 

 this season, about 300 of it is extracted. 

 J. Precious. 

 Big Spring, Mich., Aug. 17, 1880. 



There has been no white honey, either 

 extracted or comb, in this vicinity this- 

 season. I do not believe there is a fully 

 capped box in Walworth county. There 

 have been very few swarms, and bees 

 are mostly without sufficient stores for 

 winter. Buckwheat is now just in blos- 

 som, and promises a fair yield. 



S. X. Clarke. 



Delavan, Wis., Aug. 11, 1880. 



Honey is but }£ of a crop; white- 

 clover was a failure ; during basswood 

 bloom it was too cold for bees to work, 

 much. It is cold and wet now. 



F. L. Smith. 



Watervale, X. Y., Aug. 19, 1880. 



