From 35 colonies I have taken 649M 

 lbs. of comb honey in sections, and 101} 2 

 lbs. of extracted, all light, and I have 

 2000 sections on the hives about }4 full, 

 and 1,000 not worked in yet. but hope to 

 get 3,000 lbs. of comb honey, all told. 

 Harry Blackburn. 



Webberville, Mich., Aug. 16, 1880. 



From 230 colonies in the spring, I in- 

 creased to 426. White honey in boxes, 

 8,300 lbs.; extracted. 800 lbs.; yield about 

 1 , of a crop. Prospects for fall honey 

 are poor, owing to the dry weather. 

 Honey will not be % of a yield through 

 Central New York. Geo. W. House. 



Fayetteville, X. Y., Aug. 16, 1880. 



I have 1,800 lbs. of section comb honey, 

 and 2,000 lbs. of extracted, all clover. 

 We have no fall crop of honey. Our 

 season has been an average one for 

 honey ; but little swarming, and some 

 of my neighbors' late swarms are starv- 

 ing out. Two called on me, and I took 

 them in and gave them rations. 



E. Drake. 



Eminence, Ky., Aug. 14, 1880. 



My honey crop is very light ; about 16 

 lbs. to the hive, in boxes. This was 

 gathered in June ; since then the bees 

 have not gathered as much as they have 

 consumed. I expect to feed back some 

 for winter. Honey sells here at about 

 20c. per lb. Peter Moyer. 



Clark, Pa., Aug. 17,1880. 



Clover winter killed; basswood 

 yielded well and buckwheat is plenty. 

 I have 4.000 lbs. about % the quantity I 

 obtained last year. W. C. Wells. 



Philipston, Ont., Aug. 10, 1880. 



From 75 colonies the surplus is 100 

 lbs. of extracted and 150 lbs. of comb 

 honey. Prospect poor for buckwheat 

 yield, it will not exceed 500 lbs. The 

 Italians swarmed considerably but 

 could not be induced to go into the 

 boxes— the blacks gave what little sur- 

 plus we obtained. D. H. Hopkins. 



Bear Lake, Mich., Aug. 17, 1880. 



I expect about 300 lbs. of honey from 9 

 colonies in the spring, and 2 swarms. 

 It is all comb honey, and }{ of it is 

 dark. O. P. Coddings. 



Johnson, Vt., Aug. 20, 1880. 



Honey in this county is less than % 

 •crop. 1 shall have about 2,000 lbs. in- 

 stead of 8,000 lbs. which I had last year. 

 Many here get none. It is exceedingly 

 dry here, and my bees have incessantly 

 swarmed. Ika Barber. 



DeKalb Junction, N.Y\, Aug. 20, 1880. 



From 50 colonies I extracted 1,500 

 lbs., besides getting 350 lbs. of comb 

 honey. My bees are all Italians. It 

 will average % crop. J. D. Enos. 



Napa, Cal., Aug. 8, 1880. 



From 25 colonies last spring I in- 

 creased to 30, and have extracted 1,000 

 lbs. of honey ; I have 150 lbs. of comb 

 honey, and will get 100 lbs. more this 

 season ; the 5 swarms did not yield much 

 surplus honey ; 500 lbs. of the extracted 

 honey was dark. W. II. Newsom. 



Wittsburg, Ark., Aug. 16, 1880. 



From 5 Italian and 2 black colonies of 

 bees I have 150 lbs. of comb honey and 

 the same amount of extracted. I have 

 had no natural swarms ; made 2 extra 

 colonies by dividing. This is about % 

 of a crop ; they have about 30 lbs. to 

 each hive left for winter. 



W. W. Lynch. 



Maysville, Ky., Aug. 17, 1880. 



I have extracted nbout 2,000 lbs. of 

 honey (800 dark and 1,200 light) from 

 about 80 colonies, and may get 500 lbs. 

 more. J. F. Love, 



Connersville, Tenn., Aug. 18, 1880. 



During the past 2 weeks I have con- 

 versed with 26 bee-keepers, having from 

 2 to 100 colonies each. One reports 3 

 swarms, 2 have each had 2 swarms, and 

 2 have each had 1 ; with these excep 

 tions the universal report is "not a 

 swarm nor a pound of honey." My bees 

 are storing a little in the surplus boxes 

 from buckwheat. Beuben Havens. 



Chebanse, 111., Aug. 23, 1880. 



I had 41 good colonies last fall, but 

 only saved 15 through the winter, and 5 

 of them were weak. I have extracted 

 225 lbs. of light honey, and have 60 lbs. 

 of comb honey. If they gather enough 

 from fall flowers to winter on they will 

 do well. They have gathered nothing 

 from buckwheat yet. though it is in full 

 bloom. Perry McKay. 



Spofford, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1880. 



We have as yet no honey of any kind; 

 all the first part of the season being a 

 total failure. Bees were almost in a 

 starving condition during the months of 

 May, June and July, owing to the fail- 

 ure of the white clover, which was win- 

 ter-killed, and the new crop secreted but 

 little honey. The extreme high water 

 in the Mississippi river destroyed all 

 vegetation in the low lands, conse- 

 quently there is no probability we will 

 have any surplus this year. 



L. H. SCUDDER. 



New Boston, 111., Aug. 21, 1880. 



