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GLEA:NmGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 



The other room, 12 x K}^, is used for storing honey, 

 iete. The entire cost of this building will not ex- 

 ceed SSlK). J. S. BiDDLE. 



Loysburg, Pa. 



P0NEY ^THTI^TICg 



FROM ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



In order to read understandinglj the reports given below, it 

 will be necessary to observe the following points: First, the 

 State is given: then next in their order are the names of the 

 reporters, with theii- respective postoffioes. To indicate local- 

 ity, the usual abbrevations are used— N., S.. E.,and W., for 

 horth, south, cast, and west; N. E. lor north-east, etc. The 

 letter C indicates the word " central :" E. C. east central, etc. 

 Ill the following list, the lii-jt figure represents the month, itnd 

 the second figiire the date at wlilch the report was rendered. 

 The small letters, a, b. c. d. etc.. indicate the answers to the 

 questions propounded in questions a. b, c, etc., just below 



fsiHE following reports are a little pre- 

 l** mature for some sections of the coim- 

 ^ try. The amount of new honey ta- 

 ken, therefore, is iirobably considera- 

 bly more than that actually reported 

 at the dates given. We anticipated this in 

 sending out the blanks to be hlled out and 

 returned : but recognizing the very great 

 importance of giving bee - keepers some 

 knowledge of the scarcity of their product 

 just at the present time, we thought best to in- 

 sert this department in this number. As a 

 perusal of the f'nl lowing leports shows that, 

 up to within a lew days, only a small ci'op 

 of honey had been secured, comparatively, 

 the wise bee-keeper will not be in haste to 

 '■ lump off" his lioney, whatever amount he 

 may have taken; nor Mill he be satisfied 

 with a moderate price. Let the market 

 call for honey, and let the price run up, as it 

 must necessarily do. 



About a month from date we will try to 

 get in aiii'lher batch of statistics. 



The fjiiestions to which the correspon- 

 dents reply are as follows : 



a. ^Vltat is new c»mh hi»iey sellitig at in ijimr vicini- 

 ty/ 



b. Jrjidt is new extracted Ituney seUing at? 



c. Wltat percent of an average crop of honey do 

 you estimate has been secured in your vicinity this sea- 

 son/ Please answer this qu est in h simply by percent; 

 for instance, i><>, 75. t','>. or 20<i per cent. 



d. How many pounds of honey, both comb and ex- 

 tracted, have YOr taken from your own bees, and 

 from how many olonifs so' far? 



c. Was the seat-on with you this year ciood. average, 

 poor, or bad? 



ALABAMA. 



W. p. W. Duke. Netthborough. S. W. 7-8. 



a. 12J^to l.i. Ii. 80c to 100. c. 200. d. All averafre of 70 lbs. 

 comb honey per colony, e. .\vei'age. 



B. O. Lnttrell. Luttrell. N. E. 7-11. 



a. l.i lo 16,^;. b. 12!^ to 1 i. c. About 80. d. On an average of 

 65 lbs. each, from 30 colonics, e. A little above average. 



J. M Jenkins, Wetumpka C 7-1. 



a. 15. b. 10. c. IK. d. None. I run on bees and queetis 

 this year. e. Good. 



ARIZONA. 



Jno. L. Gregg. Tempe. C. 6-30. 



a. 10 cents, b, 6 cents: demand not good. c. 50. d. 100 hives, 

 spring count, have produced 6000 lbs. e. Haidly average. 



ARKANSAS. 



A. O. Behrens, Malvern. C 7-6. 



a. 16V^. b. 10. c 90. d. 1.50 pounds comb honey from 10 col- 

 onies, d. -\verage. 



W. H. Laws. Lavaca. W. C. 7-1. 



a. 15e. b. 123^. c. 20. Our heaviest and white crop is obtain- 

 ed after July 15th from cotton blossom. Prospects are flatter- 

 ing, e. Fair. 



CALIFORNLA. 



Wm. Muth-Rasmussen, Independence. E. 7-2. 



a 12K. b. None new. Old. 2-lb. cans. 23. 5-lb. cans. 50 cts. : 

 5-gal. cans. 85.00. c. Very little taken yet. Perhaps 15 to 20. 

 d 1600 lbs. fi-om 36 cols. 1 do not extract. 1 have some old ex- 

 tracted on hand. e. Late, but fair. 



W. W. Bliss, Duarte. S. E. 7-4. 



a. 15c. b. 8c. c. 80. d. 1000 lbs. comb, 300 lbs. extracted; 15 

 colonies, e. Fair. 



R Wilkin, San Buenaventura. S. W. 1-i. 

 a. 10 to 8. b. 5 to IX- c. 50. d. 3J^ tons from 275 hives. 

 G. W. Cover, Downieville. N, J). C. 7-5. 



a. 20. b. None. c. 100. d. Xoue; working for increase, e. 

 Fail-. 



COLORADO. 

 Mark W. Moe, Denver. X. C. 7-7. 

 a. 20. b. 15. c. 100. d. None. e. Fair. Season late. 



CONNECTICCT. 

 Daniel H. Johnson, Danielsonville. E. 7-2. 

 a. 20 to 25. b. Nearly the same, in jars of 1 lb. c. 0. d. 12 lbs. 

 from one colony only. e. Bad. 



dakotjv. 

 Thos. D. Lewis. Cando. N. 7-b. ' 



Xo bees kept here. Mine were all killed by a tlood in the 

 spring. 



J. Mickelson. Dalesberg. S. E. 7-3. 



a, b. 26 to 30 and .fS. d. 1 have not taken one pound from my 

 bees so far. 



FLORIDA. 



John Y. Detwiler. New Smyrna. E. C. 7-t. 



a.. 1-5. b. 10. c. .\bout 30. First extracting not complete, 

 d. 1000 lbs. fiom 36 colonies, and again full. e. So far, good. 

 My home apiary of 40 colonies is read.v for extracting. I nave 

 taken none; will average same as d, only 24 days later, owing 

 to location. 



J. L. Clark, Apalachicola. W. 7-3. 



a. 10. b. 7M. c. 100. d. 3000 lbs. About 40 colonies, e. Aver- 

 age fair. 



GEORGIA. 



T. E. Hanbury, Atlanta. X. 6-28. 



a. None on market; ordinary honey. 10c. b. Veiy little oti 

 sale — not quoted, c. Full average, d. 50 lbs. each from 14 colo- 

 nies, e. Average. 



J. P. H. Brown. Augusta. E. C. 6-29. 



a. 15 to 20. b. 10 to 1.'). c. 100. d. 1000 comb, from 12 colonies. 

 I have 100 colonies, but all except the above were used for 

 breeding queens, filling nuclei, and supplying shipments, e. A 

 full average. One colony filled 125 1-lb. sections. 



Walter McWilliams. Griffin. W. C. 7-7. 



a. 22 to 25; fancy higher, b. 20. c. 75 per cent, fall ci-op 

 heaviest, d. 403 from 10 colonies (run for queens), e. Good so 

 far. 



R. H. Campbell, Madison. C. 7-1. 



a. 10c. b. 8. c. 75 pel- cent. Comb honey, 50 lbs. per colony. 

 Extracted, from 30 colonies, 75 lbs. per colony, e. Good aver- 

 age. 



IDAHO. 



Whitney Bros., Payette. S. W. 7-3. 



a. 20. b. IS. c. 75. d. 150 from 6 colonies, e. Poor. 



Mrs. L. Hairison, Peoiia. C. 7-9. 



a, b. None, c 0. d. About 100 lbs. of extracted from 90 col- 

 onies, e. Bad. 



Dr. Wni. Leers, Sigel. 7-7. 



a. b. None, c, d. 0. e. Very poor. White clover all destroy- 

 ed b.v frost; did not bloom at all. Blackberry, too cold; lin- 

 den, lost by heavy rain. 



J. P. Adams, Paris. E. 7-7. 



a. Xone on the market, b. None. c. Not to exceed 10 per 

 cent. d. I had 15 stands in spring, all in tine condition, but 

 have not taken a pound from them yet— none to take. e. Very 

 poor. 



C. C. Miller. Marengo. X. 7-4. 



a. None. b. Xone. C. 0. D. 0. e. Vkrt bad. 



T H. Kloer. Terre H.iute. W.C. 7-9. 



a, b. Xone. c. 0. d. 0. e. Between June 10 and 20. half of my 

 old bees and all brood starved— living from hand to mouth on 

 linden. Not an ounce of honey in any hive now. 



I. K. Good. Nappanie. N. 7-4. 



a. None. b. None. c. 0. d. 0. e. Bad. 



J. A. Burton. Mitchell. S. C. 7-4. 



a. 15 to 20. b. 8. o. 50. d. 450 from 8. e. Poor. 



Oliver Foster. Mt. Vernon. E. 7-6. 



a. 20c. b. None offered, c. 25. d. 25 lbs. from 2 colonies, 

 e. Poor, so far; basswood just opening. 



A. Christie. Smithland. W. 7-4. 



a. None olt'ering. b. None. c. None. d. None, from about 

 .TOO colonies, e. Bad. 1 quit feeding my bees only about 4 dajs 

 ago. to ket-p them alive. Cold and wet weather during mo.st 

 ot the spring made the season so far worse than common. 



Eugene Secor. Forest City. N. 7-3. 



a. None on sale. b. Ditto, c. 5 per cent. d. None, 35. e. Late 

 — prospect fair. 



J. M. Shuck. Des Moines. C. 7-2. 



a. None offered, b. None. c. 10. d. None. e. Poor. Bass- 

 wood not yet in bloom. 



J. W. Bittenbender, Knoxville. S. E. 7-2. 



a. 18c. b. 12Kc. c. 20 per cent. d. None. e. Just beginning, 

 two weeks late. 



KANSAS. 

 J. B. Kline. Topeka. E. C. 7-8. 



a. b. None. e. 0. d. 0. 10 colonies, e. Best, for all things 

 considered. 



B. F. Uhl, Boling. E. 7-4. 



a. From 15 to 20c. b. I don't know. e. 75 per cent. d. I don't 

 extract, e. Average. 



