298 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Subscriber-members will take notice that the address of The 

 Bee-Keepers' Review is now Northstar, Alichigan, not Detroit, as 

 formerly. Address all communications in connection with the Re- 

 view, both subscription and advertising, and, finally, all orders for 

 supplies to The National Bee-Keepers' Association, Northstar. 

 Michigan. 



Membership fees should be sent direct to your local Secretary- 

 Treasurer, but when more convenient it can be sent to the Reniew 

 office and we will see that it reaches the proper hands. 



The Crop Condition As It Appears to Date. 



At this date, July 23rd, not more than fifty have sent in their 

 honey crop report, so this will be but a partial re])ort, some states 

 not reporting at all. Will those not yet reporting kindly fill out the 

 blank that will be found in tlie back part of the August Reviev^' and 

 mail it in so we can report further in the September Review? To be- 

 gin with, we have not heard a word from Minnesota, but Wisconsin 

 has a good crop of clover honey, so, likely, a sister state like Minne- 

 sota, also has a crop of honey. Coming home, Michigan has a fair 

 crop of clover honey, likely some better than a year ago. The rasp- 

 berry crop is almost a total failure. To illustrate the raspberry sit- 

 uation in Northern Michigan: Mr. J. N. Harris produced in 1911, 

 13,000 pounds; in 1912, 44,000 pounds; in 1913, G.OOO pounds, from 

 about the same number of bees, (340 to 350 swarms). 



The reports over the clover belt in general vary from total failure 

 to a fine crop, and this even in the same state. California will ex- 

 port no sage honey, but will have probably 50 cars of alfalfa honey, 

 a considerable portion of which will find its way to the eastern mar- 

 ket. 



It looks now as if the western alfalfa district would produce 

 considerably less honey than a year ago, but it is too early as yet 

 to know for certain, as the flow is now on. 



Taking everything into consideration, would think that comb 

 honey would rule a little higher in price than a year ago, while ex- 

 tracted will about hold its own. 



A noticeable feature of the reports is that not even one reported 

 any considerable honey being produced by neighbor bee-keepers. 

 Disease and hard winters have driven them out of the business. This 

 feature alone will have a tendency to boost prices, as not so much 

 inferior honey will be put upon the market by those bee-keepers 

 who do not make a study of the business, consecpiently producing a 

 grade of honey that is harmful to the market. 



W^e are inclined to hold our beautiful white clover extracted 

 honey just a little stiffer in price than years past : of course we may 

 be mistaken, but we think not. 



