February. 1921. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CUIiTURE 



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phues on the gum or eucalyptus. I am told that 

 the State Exchange is selling extracted honey at 

 17'20c; the amount of comb honey produced in 

 southern California is so small as to be hardly 

 worth mentioning. Some alfalfa comb (about No. 

 3 grade) was shipped here from the northern part 

 of the State and i.s selling at 35-40c. Many of the 

 producers are lefailing at 18 to 25 and 30c. The 

 great variation in prices for same quality of honey 

 is detrimental to the producer. There should be a 

 uniform price. — M. H. Mendleson. 



COLORADO. — Seventy -five per cent of eixtracted 

 honey and fifteen per cent of comb still held by 

 producers. Honey has been disposed of mostly thru 

 .iobbers, extracted at 12 V^ to 18c, comb at about 

 $6. .50 per case. Condition of bees and honey plants 

 100 per cent. — T. A, Green. 



ID.VHO. — No comb honey is held by the produc- 

 ers, but about 7.5 per cent of extracted. Honey has 

 been disposed of to firms selling direct to consumer, 

 extracted 1.5-18e, comb $7. Condition of bees and 

 of honey plants probably 100 per cent. — E. F. At- 

 wattr. 



WASHINGTON. — About one-third of honey 

 crop still held by the producers. The larger part 

 of that sold, I think has gone direct to consumer 

 at 18-20c for extracted honey. Judging from the 

 mild winter and early moisture in fall I feiel that 

 the bees will come out better than usual, and the 

 prospects aie good for the 1921 yield of honey. Con- 

 dition of the bees 100 per cent, judging from my 

 own. Alfalfa and sweet clover are our sources for 

 a honey flow, and judging from the mild winter 

 and the moisture in the ground there is every in- 

 dication of a big harvest. — Geo. W. B. Saxton. 



The questions sent to producers in other States 

 are as follows : 



1 . What is the condition of the bees in your part 

 of the State as compared with normal? (Please 

 give your answer in percentage figures, count- 

 ing normal as 100 per cent.) 



2 . What is the condition of the honey plants in 

 your section ? 



3 . What portion of the honey crop, if any, is still 

 in the hands of producers, and is honey mov- 

 ing? 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. — The weather has been 

 exceptionally mild up to the end of the year, and 

 bees are wintering well, having had some good 

 flights. As there are only about two more months 

 of winter, the losses should not exceed 10 per cent. 

 There was very little honeydew or fruit juice stored 

 last year, which is the main cause of our troubles 

 in wintering. 'Wliite clover is in good condition, 

 having suffered no injury from frost. Practically 

 all of la.st season's honey crop has been sold. — W. 

 J.. Sheppard. 



FLORIDA. — The condition of the bees, and also 

 of the honey plants, is about normal. We never 

 have much honey left at this time of the year. — 

 Ward Lamkin. 



FLORIDA. — The condition of the bees is 25 per 

 cent above normal. The honey plants are in fine 

 condition now, but it is loo early to decide. None 

 of the honey crop is in hands of producers. Honey 

 is not moving except in a few best tourist towns. — 

 C. H. Clute. 



ILLINOIS. — Condition of bees normal. Clover in 

 this section was badly killed by the drouth during 

 .Tuly and .Vugust. What didn't die, didn't make 

 much growth in the fall, so the prospects are very 

 poor. Honey is practically all out of producers' 

 hands. Movement is draggy. There is not much to 

 move. — \. L. Kildow. 



INDIANA. — Condition of bees 100 per cent. Con- 

 dition of clover apparently good. Probably 50 per 

 cent of lioney crop in hands of producers; move- 

 ment picking up. — E. S. Miller. 



lOW.A. — Condition of bees and of honey plants 

 IQO per cent. Twenty per cent of honey crop still 

 in hands of producers. Honey is moving in a small 

 way as needed. Prices of honey hold up surpris- 

 ingly, but ho buying is done more than for moder- 

 ate demand. Ground is bare, and clover may be 

 badly killed if covering does not come soon. — 

 Frank Coverdale. 



K.VNSAS. — Condition of bees 90 per cent, of 

 honey plants 100 per cent. Honey crop is all out of 

 the hands of producers. Honey is selling ratheir 

 .slowly. The price of extracted has dropped some; 

 comb is practically all sold. — .T. A. Nininger. 



MARYLAND.— ^Condition of bees 110 per cent. 



of honey plants 100 per cent. About 25 per cent 

 of honey crop still in producers' hands; honey is 

 moving very slowly. — S. G. Crocker, .Jr. 



MASSACHUSE'TTS.— Condition of bees and of 

 honey plants 100 per cent. About 20 per cent of 

 honey crop still in hands of producers; honey is 

 moving very slowly. — O. M. Smith. 



MICHIGAN. — Condition of bees 100 per cent or 

 better; honey plants never better. Honey is mov- 

 ing locally, but very little is going to jobbing mar- 

 kets. — B. F. Kindig. 



MISSOURI. — Bees were never in better condi- 

 tion. Honey plants also in good condition. None of 

 the honey, so far as I know, is still in hands of 

 producers. — J. W. Romberger. 



NEBRASKA. — Condition of bees 100 per cent; 

 up to the present, condition of honey plants is 

 good. About one-third of honey crop in hands of 

 producers, and is moving slowly owing to fall in 

 sugar. — P. .T. Harris. 



NEW YORK. — Condition of honey plants 100 

 per cent. About 25 per cent of honey crop in pro- 

 ducers' hands, moving very slowly. — Geo. H. Rea. 



NEW YORK. — Condition of bees fully 100 per 

 cent; easy winter, plenty of flights. Honey plants 

 in good condition as yet; little snow, but no heav- 

 ing of clovers. Less than 5 per cent of honey crop in 

 this county in producers' hands. Plenty in buckwheat 

 regions. Honey is moving very slowly eixcept at 

 very low prices. Retail demand poor. The high 

 prices on honey and low prices on sugar are 

 showing bad results for honev. — F. W. Lesser. 



NEW YORK. — Condition of bees 100 per cent, 

 of honey plants between 75 and 100 per cent. No 

 white honey still held by producers, but consider- 

 able dark fall honey. Demand for white honey is 

 good, very slow for dark. — .\dams & Myers. 



OHIO. — Condition of bees and of honey plants 

 100 per cent. Not much honey left.— Fred Lein- 

 inger. 



OKLAHOMA. — Condition of bees 95 per cent. 

 About 20 per cent of honey crop is still in pro- 

 ducers' hands, and moving very slowly. — Chas. P. 

 Stiles. 



ONTARIO. — Condition of bees 100 per cent. In 

 Ontario very little extreme weather to date, and 

 honey plants in good condition. Possibly 15-20 per 

 cent of crbp in producers' hands, but just now 

 honey is moving slowly and at somewhat lower 

 prices than earlier in the season. — F. Eric Millen. 



PENNSYLVANIA. — Condition of bees 90 per 

 cent. No snow in this section, and clover will freeze 

 out more or less. Less than 10 per cent of honey 

 crop is in producers' hands, moving very slowly. 

 — Harrv Beaver. 



' TEXAS. — Condition of bees 80 per cent. Condi- 

 tion of honey plants very- good. No honey in the 

 country. — -T. N. Mayes. 



TEXAS. — Condition of bees and of honey plants 

 90 per cent. Ten per cent of honey crop is in hands 

 of producers ; honev is moving. — H. B. Parks. 



EAST TEXAS.^Condition of bees 90 per cent, 

 of honey plants 80 per cent. Fifteen peer cent of 

 honey crop in hands of producers, moving slowly. — 

 T. A. Bowden. 



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FOR SALE — One Root-Hatch wax press, single 

 screw, good condition, $12.50; one 60-gal. galvan- 

 ized honey storage tank, $14.00; new, white pine, 

 standard dovetailed ten-frame hive bodies, with 

 metal rabbets, nailed but not painted, in lots of 

 ten or more, $1.25 each. 



•T. B. Hollopeter, Queen-breeder, Rockton, Pa. 



ITALIAN QUEENS OF WINDMERE are su- 

 perior threebanded stock. Untested, $1.50 each; 6 

 for $8.00: tested, $2.50 each; select tested, $3.00. 

 Bees bv the pound. Write for prices. 

 Prof. W. A. Matheny, Ohio University, Athens, O. 



Pure Italian queens and nuclei. 1 untested 

 queen, $1.50; 12, $15.00; tested, $2.50 each; 2- 

 frame nucleus, $5.00; 3-frame nucleus, $6.50; 

 queens extra . 

 Frank Bornhoffer, Mt. Washington, R. D. No. 17, O. 



FOR SALE — Extracted clover basswood honey, 

 finest quality, put up in 10-lb. pails. 



S. E. Angell, Clear Lake, Wi§c, 



