1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



561 



KENTUCKY. 



J. G. Nance, Belleview. 7-10 



a, b. None. c. 25. d. 30 lbs. fiom 3 colonies, e. Bad. Scarcely 

 anj- white clover at all; very few swarms. Brood plentiful. 



J. P. Moore, Morgan. N, 6-30. 



a. lb. b. 10. c. About S."). d. My apiary is devoted to queen- 

 rearing, e. Poor. 



John S. Reese, Winchester. C. 7-2. 



a. 15.-. b. None. c. 40. d. 200 lbs. from 1!> colonies, e. Poor to 

 bad. 



1). F. Savage, Hopkinsville. S. W. 7-6. 



a. 20o. b. 10. c. .50 per cent so far. d. 500 lbs. extracted from 

 50 colonies, e. Poor so far. It is too soon to give satiffactory 

 answers to questions, from this place. 



LOUISIANA. 



J. W. K. Shaw. Loreauville. S. C. 7-1. 



a. i to 6c. b. 50 to 75e a gallon— little sold. c. 100 per cent at 

 this date. We raise only Italian queens. All honey goes to 

 ftedandgirve brood to 300 nuclei, and to winter them. d. 110 

 lbs. extracted, per colony, e. Good. The season was the best 

 for years. The best prospects for fall. Rain in abundance. 



St. J. T. .Mo. ire, Monroe. N. C. 7-5. 



a. 15. b. 7'^.. c. .50. lam running for increase, d. Fronx 10 

 hives set aside for extracted, 15 gallons, e. Average. 

 MAINE. 



J. Reynolds. Clinton. S. E. 7-1. 



a and b. None yet. e. Cold, wet; season late. 



C. W. Co.stellow, Waterboro. S. W. 7-5. 



a. 30c. b. 20c. c. 100. e. Good, so far, although the season is 

 not over yet. 



MARYLAND. 



S. Valentine, Hagerstown. N. W. 7-7. 



a. 12 to 20. b. None in market at present; would sell at 12 to 

 15. c. About 20. d. Have tiered up and not taken any jet 

 worth naming, e. Very unfavorable up to June. June, aver- 

 age. 



.S. P. Roddy, Mechanlcstown, N. C 7-4. 



a. 20c. b. 14c. c. 1.50. d. m> lbs. from 30 colonies, e. Exceed- 

 ingly good. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



E. W.Lund. Baldwinsville. N. C, 7-6. 



60. d. 200 lbs. comb honey; 9 



Wm. W. Gary, Colerain. 

 a. No price established, 

 colonies, e. Good so far. 



N. W 6-28. 



b. 1.5c, retail, c. 50. 



d. 500 lbs. 25 



J. E. Pond, No. Attleboro. 

 . 25 to 30. b. 20 to 25. 



S. E. 6-28. 

 75 to 80. d. I run an experimental 

 apiary wholly, and do not expect from six colonies to get 100 

 lbs of either, e. A fair average. 



MICHIGAN. 



S. C. Perry, Portland W. C. 7-9. 



a. b. None. e. 0. d. from 70. e. Bad. 



Matthias Schneider, Jr,, Mclvor, N. E, 7-6. 



a. None. b. 6 to 7, e. About 75. d. About 1000 from 53 colonies, 

 e. Poor, 



Harm. Smith, Ionia. W. C. 7 9. 



a, b. None. c. None to speak of above brood-nest. I have not 

 heard of a single pound yet taken, d. 0. e. Bad. 



George E. Hilton, Fremont. W. 7-2. 



a, b. We have none. c. None at pi-esent. d. None from 225. 

 e. Since the opening of clover it has been dry and hot; no 

 honey. 



T. F. Bingham, Abronia. S. W. 7-3. 



a. None to sell. b. None in market, c. 10. d. None com- 

 plete yet. e So far, poor. 



A. J. Cook, Lansing. C. 7-2 



a. b. None in the maiket yet. e. Season not yet opened. 

 (1. Nothing, e. .Season just opening; at least 3 weeks behind. 



H. D. Cutting, Clinton. S. W. 7-4. 



a. 20. b. 16. c. 10. d. 108 comb. I have put 35 colonies on 

 comb honey, and but veiy few cases ready to come off. We 

 don't extract until it is fit to extract later in the season. 



James Heddon, Dowagiac. S. W. 7-2. 

 a. b. Not a drop in the market, c. 5 per cent. d. Hardly 

 any at all. e. Verj- bad. 



R. L. Taylor. Lapeer. E. 7-3. 



a, b. None to sell. c. }<; of 1 per cent, 

 onies. e. Very poor. 



MINNESOTA. 



A. F. Bright, Mazeppa. E. 7-8. 



a, b. c. 0. d. None from 140 colonies, e. Average. Your 

 questions are fully 3 weeks in advance of season here and so 

 can not be answered. 



D. P. Lister, Lac Qui Parle. W. C. 7-2. 



a, b. Nothing, d. Nothing; 22 colonies, e. Good. No honey 

 yet. Basswood will commence about the tenth. 



W. W. Hamilton, Jackson. S. W. 7-1. 



a, b, c None taken otf yet d. None. e. Poor, bees scarcely 

 making a living yet. Some bee-keepers have li>st heavily by 

 spring dwindling. 



W. Urie, Minneapolis. E.G. 6-.30. 



a. No new honey in the ra:irket. but plenty of old. There is 

 no new extracted in the market ; if there were any it would be 

 worth 7 cents, c. There is no per cent secured yet. d. From 

 my own bees I have taken no box nor extracted, e. Season is 

 very bad thus far; nights and days are very cold. We have 

 had two swarms only from nearly 100 colonies. 



N. P. Aspinwall, Harris. .n. C. 7-4. 



a, b. None on the market, c. No per cent as to surplus, d. 

 No pounds, e. Bad. We get our surplus from basswood and 

 fall flowers. Basswood will not be in blossom before the l6th 

 inst. 



MISSOURI. 



E. M. Hayhurst, Kansas City. W. C. 7-8. 

 a. 25 at retail, b. 15 at retail, c. 33. 



None from 400 col- 



Chas. L. Gough, Rock Spring. E. C. 7-2 



a. None selling here. We have not got it; worth about 15. 

 b. 10. c. 75. d. 3 colonies 50 lbs. e. Good last month. Bees are 

 getting strong now. I had 4 swarms from 3 colonies. 



Jno. Nebel & Son, High Hill. E. C. 7-6. 



a, b. None on the market, c. 40. d. None. I have worked 

 200 colonies for raising queens, bees, etc. e. Average. 



James Parshall, Skidmore. N. W. 6-29. 



a. None to sell. b. None taken yet. c. 0. d. 0; the season 

 has not commenced for honey here yet. Bees ai-e just com- 

 mencing to swarm. 



S. E. Miller, Bluffton. E. C. 7-7. 



a, b. We are governed by the St. Louis and Kansas City 

 prices, c. Not over 25 per cent. d. 350 lbs extracted; 50 lbs. 

 comb from 27 colonies, spring count, e. Not average, so far— 

 too much rain during basswood bloom. 



MISSLSSIPPI. 



W. A. & E. E. Montgomei-j'. Pickens. C. 7-3. 



a. 10c. b. 8c. c. lOO. d. 400 lbs. comb from 11 colonies; 255 

 lbs. extracted, from 9 colonies. We have not extracted close. 

 There is probably more in the hives now tlian we have taken 

 out. e. Good. 



NEBRASKA. 



Jerome Wiltse. Falls City, S. E. 7-8. 



a. 16. b. 10 c. 100. d. 700,50 colonies, e 10 days late, but 

 good. We are having a fine flow of basswood honey. We 

 never have any surplus before basswood. 



FKingsley, Hebron. S. C. 7-1. 



a Imported, 20c. b. Imported, 15. c. Honey-flow begins in 

 August from hartsease. d. 0. Very little clover here .yet. e, 

 Prospectivel.y good. 



J. W. Porter. Ponca N. E. 6-27 



a. b. None in market, c. 0. d. 0. e. Very bad. I have nev- 

 er known any honev to be taken from bees in North Neb. be- 

 fore basswood bloomed. From the last of .Tune to Sept. 20 is 

 our honey harvest. I'lnvcr is only jii>t getting a foothold 

 with us. I could git 2.5 cents ]n-y Hi. for new iimib honev, and 

 15 for extracted at this time, if I had it to sell. 



NEV.ADA. 



E. A. Moore. Reno. W. C. 7-3. 



a. b. None in m.arket. c. d. 0; will extract in a fciv days, 

 e. Average. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



S. F. Reed. No. Dorchester. C. 7-2. 



a. 20. b. 14. c. 50. d. 0. e. Very bad so far. 



C. E. Watts. Rumney. C. 7-5. 



a. b. None sold yet. c. Very little taken yet d. 0. e. Can 

 not tell yet. 



J. A. Bachelder, Keene. S. 7-3. 



a. 20. b. None in market, c. 25. d. 0. e. Poor. 



NEW JERSEY. 



J. D. Coles, Woodstown. S.W. 7-4 



a. 18. b. None. c. 140. d. 14 from 1. e. Good. 

 NEW YORK. 



A. W. Smith, Parksville. S. E 7-9. 



a 15. b. 10 c 75. d. Very little t;ik<n iff yet. e. Too wet 

 and cold for the bees to get in good ei. iii.tion for white clover. 

 Nut much basswcod in this vicinity. 



P. H. Elwood. Starkville. C. 7-7. 



a. b. None. c. 0. d. 0. e. Pro.spect poor. Clover does not 

 yield much honey as yet, and basswood will be a very light 

 bloom. 



H. P. Langdon. East Constable. N. E. 7-6. 



a None. b. 10 c. d. But little; clover light, and basswood 

 not open yet, e. Poor so far. 



G. M. Doolittle, Borodino. C. 7-4. 



a, b. None, c 0. d f rom 25. e. .Average. No honey, ex- 

 cept for breeding, in this locality so far. Basswood will open 

 in about a week . 



NORTH CAROLINA, 

 Abbott L. Swinson, Goldsboro. E. 7-3. 



a. 10 to 12'/;. b None. c. 100. d. 125 lbs. from 3 colonies, 

 queen-rearing requiring all my bees and time. e. Average. 



OHIO. 



F. G. Fenton, Bluffton. W. C. 7-7. 



a. 16 to 20. b. 10 to 12^- c. 100. d. 800 from 20 colonies, e. 

 Good. 



S. A. Dyke, Pomeroy. S, E. 7-7. 



a. 15. b. None. c. 50. d. None taken ort' yet. e. Better 

 than for past 3 years, hut not an average season for this local- 

 ity. 



Dr. G. L. Tinker, New Philadelphia. N. E. 7-9. 



a. 20. b. 15. c. 7.5. d. 19 lbs., a few sections only, from 3 

 colonies, e. Fair. 



Chas. F. Muth, Cincinnati. S. W. 7-1. 



a. b. None come in yet. c. 5. d. 150 lbs. from 20 colonies, 

 e. Vei-y bad. 



Dr. H. Besse, Delaware. C. 7-9. 



a. 20. b. 15. c 50. d. 0; some ready, e Very good, some 

 working in second and thii-d set of sections, and also in 2d and 

 3d stories for extracting. 



A. B. Mason, Auburndale. N. W. 7-5. 



a. None; old, retail, 20. b. None; old, retail, 15. c. 25. d. 0, 

 e. Poor. 



OREGON, 

 J. D. Rusk, Milwaukee, N. W. 7-5, 

 a. 16. b. 10. c. 50. d. 40 colonies, e. Bad. 

 George Ebell, Baker City. E 6-30. 



a, b. None. We have had no new honey yet. One swarm 

 only, heard of. 



PENNSYLVANIA, 

 Geo. A. Wright, Glenwood. N. E. 7-2. 



a.b. None sold yet. c. I can't tell. Mostly on the hives yet. 

 d. Very little, e. Fair. Your questions are too early for this 

 locality. 



