1921 



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bees in 1920. Tennessee showed the greatest absolute increase, with 47,417 

 more hives of bees in 1920 than in 1910, and Oklahoma was second, with 

 27,330 more hives in 1920 than in 1910. 



Honey and Wax 



The production of honey in 1919 was 55.261,5.52 pounds, as against 54. 

 814,890 pounds in 1909, an increase of 0.8 per cent. The production of honey 

 is fairly uniformly distributed throughout the United States. Six States re- 

 ported more than 2,000,000 pounds of honey produced in 1919, as follows: 

 California, 5,501,738 pounds; Texas, 5,026,095 pounds; New York, 3,223,323 

 pounds; Iowa, 2,840,025 pounds; Wisconsin, 2,676,683 pounds, and Colorado 

 2,493,950 pounds. 



California, although ranking first in 1919 and 1909 in amount of honey pro- 

 duced, reported 4,762,977 pounds less in 1919 than in 1909, this be- 

 ing a decrease of 46.4 per cent. Texas showed the greatest absolute increase 

 in production of honey, with 1,932,998 pounds more in 1919 than in 1909. 

 Other notable increases were in Washington (1,092,626 pounds) and Wyom- 

 ing (945,349 pounds). 



The production of wax was 826,539 pounds in 1919, as against 904,867 

 pounds in 1909, representing a decrease of 78.328 pounds, or 8.7 per cent. 



Bees on Farms in the United States, 1920 and 1910, and Production of Honey 

 and Wax, 1919 and 1909, by Geographic Divisions and States 



BEES ON HAND 

 (HIVES). 



HONEV PRODUCED 

 (POUNDS). 



wax produced 

 (pounds). 



DIVISION AND STATE. 



19a& 1910 



(Jan. 1) (Apr. 15) 



1919 



1909 



1909 



United States 3.476,346 3,446,$$6 56,261.552 54,814,890 



Geographic Divisions: 



New England 41,073 40,627 663,268 594.117 



Middle Atlantic 262,728 291,669 4.996,894 5.184,16.5 



East North Central .... 656,344 546,938 7,313.401 7.778,545 



West North Central .... 503.451 646,693 6,917,867 6.744.608 



■South Atlantic 613,171 678,439 6.579,736 7,362,640 



East South Central 585,323 606,962 5,653,218 4,477,759 



■ West South Central .... 425,408 379.842 6,422.883 4.486,980 



Mountain 206,059 172,654 8,746,786 6,577,800 



Pacific 282,789 282.192 8,027,510 11,608,276 



New England: 



Maine 12.639 7.592 209.072 112.051 



New Hampshire 4,191 4,644 49,512 65.038 



Vermont 10,024 10,215 234,326 160,283 



Massachusetts 6,673 7.464 70,769 96.802 



Rhode Island 686 1.267 6,488 14,221 



Connecticut C,960 9,445 83,09! 145.722 



Middle Atlantic: 



New York 127,858 156,360 .■5,223,323 3.191,738 



New Jersey 12,461 10,484 167,717 162,072 



Pennsylvania 122,419 134,815 1.565,854 1,840.360 



East North Central: 



Ohio 105,676 98,242 835,894 1,001.179 



Indiana 87,045 80,938 682,380 687.097 



Illinois 162,630 166,846 1,896,996 1.428,640 



Michigan 93,348 116,274 1.321,448 2,507,810 



Wisconsin 107,646 95,638 2.676,683 2,153,819 



W>esT North Cehtial: 



Minnesota 67,344 56,677 1,251,102 976,262 



Iowa 138,319 160,025 2.840,025 2,374.080 



Missouri 167,678 203,569 1.220.611 2,106,8J6 



North Dakota 708 496 12,814 11.084 



South Dakota 17,032 6,565 372,092 139.714 



Nebraska 41,033 45,625 623,348 527,868 



Kansas 81,337 73,737 597,875 609,785 



.South Atlantic: 



Delaware 2,976 6,410 27,703 62.777 



Maryland 16,117 23,156 215,685 306,367 



District of Columbia .... 19 161 316 3.667 



Virginia 104.267 104,006 1.267,300 1.344.360 



West Virginia 89,873 110,673 919,689 1.. '",50,739 



North Carolina 163,966 189,178 1,341,002 1,809.127 



South Carolina 68.028 76.422 441.684 653,110 



C.eorgia 136,698 130.540 1.403.869 8S4.662 



Florida 41,237 38,895 962,488 747,832 



East South Central: 



Kentucky 156,899 152,991 1,604.519 1.558.670 



Tennessee 191,898 144.481 1.969,425 1.468.123 



Alabama 153,766 135.140 l,:i47.644 891.964 



Mis-issippi 82.770 74,350 731,680 .■i.-i9.ni2 



West South Cehtrai.: 



Arkansas 112,475 92.731 791,698 913,616 



Louisiana 31.079 29.691 247.513 340,134 



Oklahoma 46,743 19,413 3.i7,67( 140,2.34 



Texas _ 235,111 238,107 6.026,095 3,093,097 



M()Untain : 



Montana 11,918 6,313 630,608 183.610 



Idaho 35.900 21,903 1.208.229 1,011,068 



Wyoming 14,022 4.596 1.084,273 138,924 



Colorado 63,253 71,434 2.493.960 2,306,492 



New Mexico 15.733 10,052 693.290 439,628 



Arizona 28,174 23,770 926.621 1.025.282 



Utah 25,061 26,185 1.232.239 1.138.091 



Nevada 11,998 8.401 377.676 354.90.^i 



I'ACIFIC; 



Washington 56,806 33.884 1,. 196.208 603.680 



Oregon 45,264 47,285 929,666 839,981 



California 180,719 201,023 5, .501,738 10,264,716 



826,539 904,867 



Another Edition of Cowan 



The British Bee Journal announces 

 in a recent number a new edition of 

 Cowan's "British Beekeepers' Guide 

 Book." This is the twenty-fourth 

 edition of this book in the English 

 language. The Guide Book has gone 

 through more editions and been 

 translated into a larger number of 

 languages, probably, than any other 

 book on bees. 



Bee Specialist for Washington 



Burl A. Slocuni has been appoint- 

 ed Bee Specialist in the State of 

 Washington. His time will be equally 

 divided between the Division of Api- 

 culture of the State College of Wash- 

 ington, under Dr. A. L. Melander, 

 and the Extension Service, under Dr. 

 S. B. Nelson. Mr. Slocum is a 

 graduate of the University of Wis- 

 consin in the Beekeeping Cojrse. 



Bees Decreasing in South Carolina 



There are only 58,028 colonies in 

 South Carolina, as compared to 75,- 

 422 ten years ago. The per colony 

 average for 1919 was 8 pounds, or a 

 total of 441,684 pounds. 



Beekeeping in Virginia 



Virginia produced 1,267,300 lbs. 

 in 1919 from 104,267 colonies of 

 bees, or an average of 11 lbs per col- 

 ony. There was an increase of only 

 262 colonies since the 1910 census 

 was taken. 



The League 



The many friends of E. G. Le 

 Stourgeon, President of the League, 

 will be pleased to learn that he has 

 been chosen as a member of the 

 Texas State Legislature. Mr. Le- 

 Stourgeon did not seek this office, but 

 had it practically thrust upon him by 

 his friends. AS he is called on every 

 session of the Legislature to give ad- 

 vice, his friends thought the best 

 thing to do was to give him a vote as 

 well as a chance to talk. 



It looks like the beekeepers are 

 coming into prominence in many 

 ways. No sooner had Rochester, N. 

 Y., started a move to prohibit the 

 keeping of bees in its limits than 

 New Boston, 111., took up a fimilar 

 movement, and now Chicago follows 

 suit. The League is helping the 

 fight against these ordinances. 



One of the most hopeful features 

 of the League is that the allied trades 

 and the individual beekeeper are 

 coming to the rescue of the i^eaguf^. 

 Next month we hope to publish a fi- 

 nancial statement of the League's 

 current expenses. This wil! show 

 just how the money is being spent 

 and how badly more is needed. 



Colin P. Campbell writes that the 

 2 '/2 -cent rate on honey in the Ford- 

 ney bill is in line with that on other 

 commodities, and that any iittempt 

 to have this rate increased will only 

 open the door to the opposition and 

 most probably to reduction. Every 

 beekeeper should write or telegraph 

 his Senator and Representative to 

 support the proposed tariff on honey 

 as it now stands in the Fordney bill. 



