AUGUST 1, 1914 



Clover is practically a total failure. Plants are 

 parched by a fearful drouth. 

 Walton, Ky., June 24. 



Clover honey is a complete failure. Honey-dew 

 kept bees from starving. Prospects for aster honey 

 are very good. 



Elkton, Ky., June 23. 



The honey crop is poorest in years; scarcely any 

 white clover ; heat and drouth severe. 

 Dry Ridge, Ky., June 25. 



Clover is a total failure. Bees will need all they 

 can get to last until aster, which looks very promis- 

 ing. We are still having dry hot weather. 



Brooksville, Ky., June 26. 



We have had no rain since May 4. Bees get hard- 

 ly enough to live on. The crops are burning up; 

 very little tobacco is planted; only chance for honey 

 is from boneset in September or October; few rains. 



Kevil, Ky., July 7. 



We have a nice little lot of white-clover honey. 



Alexandria, La., July 1. 



More honey to date than for several years. 

 Lyonsville, Mass., July 3. 



Very little white clover, but conditions are just 

 right for cranberry. 



East Dennis, Mass., June 29. 



The first half of the season was good, the last half 

 bad; half a crop. 

 Aikin, Md., July 8. 



Clover is all dried up; had a good rain, which will 

 help the second crop. 

 Towson, Md., June 27. 



Bees are doing finely. 

 Reading, Mich., July 13. 



Rather light crop in northern Michigan; 60 lbs. 

 per colony of extracted honey from raspberry. 

 Mancelona; Mich., July 7. 



Since our last report bees have done well on bass- 

 wood; will probably get a fair crop; probably 50 

 acres in Canada thistle within a mile and a half of 

 my bees. 



Clayton, Mich., July 15. 



Every thing is drying up; bees are doing nothing. 

 Frederickton, Mo., June 29. 



No clover nor any thing else; am feeding. 

 Strafford, Mo., June 23. 



No white-clover honey because of last fall's drouth, 

 Unionville, Mo., June 22. 



Excessive rains have prevented the bees from do- 

 ing much. 



Blooming Prairie, Mo., June 30. 



No clover ; drouth and hot weather are excessive. 

 We shall have to feed. 

 Durham, Mo., June 28. 



The honey crop is a complete failure. We have 

 been feeding three weeks. 

 Hendland, Mo., July 8. 



No clover honey ; bloom scarce ; weather too hot 

 and dry; hoping for a buckbush crop. 

 Springfield, Mo., July 7. 



Very dry ; clover no good ; no honey in the hives. 

 Basswood has been yielding the last few days. 

 Grant City, Mo., June 24. 



This is a clover and basswood locality; no surplus, 

 and bees will have to be fed for winter. 

 Janesville, Minn;, July 7. 



About one-third the usual amount of white-clover 

 bloom; but we have had continuous bad weather. 

 Swanville, Minn., June 23. 



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White Dutch clover not blooming, owing to drouth 

 in southern Minnesota. We get most of our honey 

 before Aug. 1. 



Valley River, Minn., June 15. 



Bees were on the verge of starvation until bass- 

 wood, and only a light yield from that. The fields 

 are white with clover ; but continuous rains in June 

 prevented any yield of nectar. 



Excelsior, Minn., July 10. 



No surplus clover honey ; not one clover -blossom 

 to the acre; army worms cleaned up the meadows, 

 and a drouth of three months has ruined small fruit. 

 Clover is scarce. 



Richmond, Miss., June 24. 



Alfalfa is yielding well; weather dry and hot. 

 Cozad, Neb., July 7. 



Prospects are very good; hives well filled, and bees 

 working nicely ; abundance of sweet clover which 

 promises to last well and to give a good crop. 



Omaha, Neb., July 7. 



White clover is very nearly a complete failure, as 

 it is too dry. But we have had rain lately, and ex- 

 pect a fall flow from smartweed and wild flower. 



Elk Creek, Neb., July 6. 



Because of last year's drouth there is no prospect 

 of any surplus from any source in southeast Nebras- 

 ka. Conditions are getting worse, because it is too 

 dry. 



Humboldt, Neb., July 4. 



We have two-thirds of an average honey crop ; 

 not over half an inch of rain in eight weeks. 

 Cooleemee, N. C, July 1. 



Early honey is scarce; little clover and much dry 

 weather. 



Pittsfield, N. H., Juno 29. 



No clover honey ; hoping for a fall crop. 

 Salem, N. J., June 29. 



"White clover has yielded no nectar. .Tune was cold 

 and rainv. 



Hillsdale, N. J., July 1. 



Clover is a total failure. Hot weather and drouth 

 cooked the clover. 



New Egypt, N. J., .July 10. 



This is the poorest season in 15 years. The early 

 crop is a total failure in central New .Tersej'. Drouth 

 and cold winds finished the clover in a week; no 

 surplus. 



Frenchtown, N. J., June 26. 



All the beekeepers in the valley have a fair crop 

 if they take off what honey is in the hives now, and 

 the bees fill up with stores for winter. Bees are 

 doing well now. 



Mesilla Park, N. M., July 5. 



Clover is scarce and foul brood plentiful. 

 Himrod, N. Y., June 24. 



Bees are doing nothing on white clover, as it is 

 too dry and cold. 



Baliston Spa, N. Y., June 22. 



White clover is a complete failure because of 

 drouth. Colonies are strong, but just enough honey 

 in the hives for brood-rearing. 



Sherman, N. Y., June 25. 



Clover is scarce, and not much honey. Every 

 thing dried up last year; can't tell what basswood 

 will do. 



Black River, N. Y., July 9. 



The raspberry crop is good. The clover season was 

 very short because of cold cloudy weather. It is too 

 early to report on basswood. 



Triangle, N. Y., July 8. 



