Honey-crop Reports by States from All Sections of 

 the United States. 



The following reports have been received just as 

 we go to press. Those from a distance have been 

 sent by wire, and those from near-by points by 

 mail. Most of the responses are from dealers in 

 supplies, who will have exceptional opportunities 

 for gathering information for their respective ter- 

 ritories. The i-eports are given by States in their 

 alphabetical order.— Ed. 



ALABAMA 



The honey crop here Is a oomplete failure. The bees are 

 starving' to death in the height of the season, and it is the 

 same with all bee-keepers at this place. 

 Fayetteville, Ala., June '22. H. F. Solley. 



CALIFORNIA 

 From rei)orts received we .judge there will be fifty to sixt.v 

 per cent normal honey crop: shortag-e caused by heavy losses 

 from European foul brood. Honey now is reported heav.v in 

 alfalfa districts: buyers are offering: a 7-8 to 6 1-8. 

 Fresno, Cal., June 26. Madary Planing Mill Co. 



Mountain sag-e is one-third crop; Imperial Valley, half a crop; 

 Central and Northern California prmnises three-quarters of a 

 crop; very little orangre; honey, tstiniate of total for State. 250 

 cars. Ruling- price, extracted. 6 tci 7 1-2 cents: no comb is of- 

 fered this season; six weeks late; nearly over. 

 Los Angreles, Cal.. June 24. Madary Supply House. 



A little better than half a crop of mountain-sage honey; full 

 crop of orang-e honey. A grood demand for white honey. Ex- 

 tracted white is selling: from 7 to 8 cents per pound; white 

 comb honey, 15 to 16. 

 Riverside, Cal., June 27. Cresmer Mfg. Co. 



DIST. or COLUMBIA 

 Maryland will be very light, owing- to loss of bees last win- 

 ter, which was fully three-fourths; have not heard from West 

 Virg-inia. No honey offered so far; pc)or season: little or no 

 clover here. 

 Washing-ton, D. C, June 22. The A. I. Root Co. 



ILLINOIS 

 We are having- a severe drouth: no white-clover bloom. No 

 white-clover honey from this section. 

 Basco. 111., June 10. Wm. Findlay. 



I have had a number of callers here at the office from differ- 

 ent localities near Chicag-o. stating- that white clover was 

 yielding- splendidly: and if we have frequent showers I am 

 inclined to believe that we shall yet secure an averag-e hone.v- 

 crop. 

 Chieag:o, III.. June 22. THE A. I. Root Co. 



But little more honey than for brood-rearing- has been gath- 

 ered from clover. Basswood is coming- In bloom; prosjiects 

 g-ood. 

 Davis, 111., June -20. . J. C. Frank. 



The white-clover crop is a complete failure in this, the west- 

 central i)art of Illinois. Bees are filling up on honey-dew; fall 

 crop prospects are fair. 

 Meredosia. 111., June 22. Fred H. May. 



There has been ver.v little swarming, and not a pound of 

 surplus hone.v has been gathered so far. The i)rospect is not 

 flattering, as there is little clover, and the basswood is about 

 gone. Dry weather, and fall prospect poor. 

 Milan, 111.. June 20. C. H. Dibbern. 



INDIANA 

 Our local hone.v crop is mostly produced from white clover. 

 The ()uantity has been fair. There is not enoug-h hone.v pro- 

 duced in this localit.v to shij) out: in fact, we look for most of 

 the supply from the outside. 

 Evansville. Ind., June 2t. ViCKERY Bros. 



B. W. Douglas. State Entomologist and head of the State 

 Apiar.v Department, has declared the hone.v croji in Indiana 

 this .year to be one of the worst failures in two decades. The 

 continued dr.v weather and the consequent failure of the 

 white-clover cro^D, Mr. Douglas said, brought about the failure. 

 — Indianapolis Aeios. June 14, 1911. 

 IOWA 

 Bad drouth is on here; white clover is not going- to amount 

 to any thing. Bees are worse off than a month ag'o. I see no 

 show for any surplus here. Rains can't g-lve us an.y thing 

 above the brood-nest this year. 



Brooklyn, Iowa, June U. B. H. Tripp. 



Dr.v weather is g-iving us some concern. Some parts of the 



State have been favored with about an averag-e rainfall, while 



others have had but little for several weeks. However, if we 



g-et a g-ood rain in a few days, followed at short intervals by 



others, the honey crop will be pretty g-ood. Basswood is 



blooming now quite iirofusel.y, and sweet clover is showing- 



up nicely. 



Des Moines, Iowa, June 22. The A. I. Root Co. 



No surplus yet; clover is scarce: was very dr.v; am hopeful 



now, as we have .just had <-ver an inch of rain. Basswood 



bloom is .iust beginning to oi>en. and what trees we have are 



full of promise. Bees are in fine condition. 



Marshalltown, la., June 17. E. C. Wheeler. 



MAINE 



Bees are .iust well started on clover and raspberry; prospects 



are good for a full crop: have never seen better prospects at 



this date. 



Mechanic Falls, Me., June 23. The A. I. Root Co. 



MICHIGAN 



The white clover is the best that it has been in years. Bees 



are working fine; ver.v little swarming:. We have 92 colonies. 



Bifr Rapids, Mich., June 20. Charles E. Raper. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



From :? P.M. until dark the bees .just drop with loads of 

 clover now: but in the middle of the day little is doing. I 

 ciuild not say more than half a crop. Basswood is loaded with 

 liuds tluit will open in about ten days, but we can't depend on 

 tiKil ill this State. Hives are loaded with honey, but not as 

 luni-li in supers as there should be. 

 Fremont, Mich.. June 22. G. E. Hilton. 



Prospects for a crop of honey from clover look much better 

 than they did a week ago. There seems to be a good deal of 

 clover, and at present it is yielding- well. Basswood will 

 blossom full, and we are looking- for a fair yield from that. 

 The weather is very favorable at present. No honey has been 

 offered us thus far. Our estimate would be one-half or better 

 foi- white hone.v. 

 Lansing, Mich., June 21. M. H. Hunt & Son. 



Bees are weak for this time of yeai-; nothing from dandelion 

 or fruit-bloom; clover is g:ood and in bloom, but very few bees 

 are working on it yet. 

 Leer. Mich., June 21. Eular Thorne. 



Our honey-flow began the 15th. We had abundance of rain 

 this spring. White clover and alsike are plentiful; bees are 

 doing finely. 



Wolverine, Mich., June. 20. L. K. Feick. 



M NNESOTA 

 . The St. Paul Board of Trade reports extracted honey at 10 cts.; 

 comb at 15: demand good. As to the crop conditions, no white 

 clover is in sight— all burned up last year; but there is an un- 

 usually heavy crop of basswood. The crop will amount to 

 one-half to two-thirds normal. 

 St. Paul. Minn., June -22. PiLCHER & Palmer. 



MISSISSIPPI 

 Sweet clover has nf)t secreted this season on account of 

 drouth lasting- seven weeks; honey in East Mississippi and 

 West Alabama will not be one-fourth crop at the hig-hest esti- 

 mate, and may not be half of this in West and South, Missis- 

 sippi reporting- half a crop; none on the market yet. 

 Penn, Miss., June 22. The Penn Co. 



MISSOURI 

 The honey crop to date is a failure. Bees have enough to 

 live on, but not a pound of surplus. Weather is extremely 

 dry; clover is all dried up. 

 Gunn City, Mo., June 1.5. Jas. A. Adams. 



Central Missouri has half a croji of clover honey; drouth cut 

 the other part off; basswood yielded well, but basswood-trees 

 are scaice for a large cro)). There will be a fall honey-flow on 

 account of the drouth; prices on honey are g-ood, and will 

 remain so this season. 

 Hig-hhill. Jto., June 22. John Nebel & Son Supply Co. 



The outlook for a honey crop is the worst in years, in my 

 locality. 

 New Boston, Mo.. June 3. • F. H. Thiele. 



Hone.v crop from clover, on account of dry spell, is shorten- 

 ed considerably; we expect a good half-crop. Crops of other 

 grades of honey are very short. Basswood hone.v crop not re- 

 jiorted yet: jirospects for future crop very poor unless heavy 

 rains fall during the next ten days. Southern customers in 

 Louisiana and adjacent territory report a good crop. 

 St. Louis, Mo., June 23. Blanke Mfg. & Supply Co. 



Honey crop heavy in May; no flow now; mostly white-clover 

 honey: no basswood. alfalfa, nor mountain-sage: honey is con- 

 sumed locally: very little shipped out. 

 Spring-field, Mo., June 22. Springfield Seed Co. 



No surplus honey in North Mis.souri; clover killed by dry 

 fall and winter of 1910. We have no fall surplus: basswood is 

 very promising:, but not enough of it to give much honey here. 

 Red clover is helping: to fill up brood-nests, but we can not 

 expect a surplus. 

 Unionville, Mo., June "22. Elmer F. Quiglby. 



MONTANA 

 Honey crop conditions for 1911 in Yellowstone Valley, Mon- 

 tana, are very encouraging: prospects are bright for an extra 

 heavv yield of clover and alfalfa hone.v. 

 Park City, Mont., June 2:!. Eugene E. Peck. 



NEBRASKA 

 The honey crop is a complete failure for June; a little scat- 

 tering veliow sweet clover furnishes the only food for brood. 

 Bradshaw, Neb., June 20. . C. B. Palmer. 



Half a crop of white clover, with prospects of a long flow, 

 and three-quarters of a crop of alfalfa: prospect is excellent 

 in Central and Western Nebraska: bees are in fine condition 

 for storing- surplus. 

 Lincoln. Neb., June 22. Bee-keepers' Supply Co. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 

 A poor season for bees so far in this locality. They are 

 working on clover a very little, but no swarming to date. 

 Pittsfield, N. H.. June 22. Herbert C. Towle. 



NEW MEXICO 

 My bees are in the midst of a great honey-flow. The out- 

 look is very favorable. 

 Artesia, N. Mex.. June 8. L. A. Highsmith. 



Having- heavy flow of honey all over Pecos Valley; about 

 three-fourths from alfalfa: rest is sweet clover an<l fruit- 

 blossoms— much more honey than the local market will con- 

 sume; no basswood or mountain sage. Three-fourths of a crop 

 will be extracted, the rest marketed in pound sections; several 

 cars to ship. 

 Roswell, N. M., June 27. Roswell Seed Co. 



NEW YORK 

 Some bee-keei)ers are reporting that the season is not as 

 good so far as last year. Basswood promises something, and 

 also sweet clover. We should judge that the honey crop 

 will he about three-<iuarters what it was last year. Market 

 conditions are (rood in this locality. 

 Syracuse, N. Y., June 23. F. A. Salisbury. 



