(isn C L K A N I N (i S IN 



MABKETS (Continued from page 625). 



Following is a part of the tabulated figures on 

 the honey crop, condition of the colonies and con- 

 dition of the honey plants for the United States, 

 based on rei)orts collected by the II. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and published in "Weather, 

 Crops and Markets," issued by the Department 

 The figures showing the condition of the colonies 

 and the honey plants for the various states are 

 omitted here for lack of room. For the United 

 States the condition of the colonies on Sept. 1 com 

 pared with normal was 95.1% as compared with 

 90.9% for 1921 and 91.2% for a five-year aver- 

 age. The condition of the fall honey plants Sept. 

 1, as compared with normal, was 76.2%, as com- 

 pared with 77% in 1921 and 78.4% for a five- 

 year average. 



This table should be compared with that on 

 page 533 August issue. 



Av. yield to Sept. 1 of Per cent of 



surplus honey per col- total surpl. 



ony (spring count) honey iisu- 



Av.1916- ally produc- 



State. 1922 1921 1920 ed by Sep. 1 



Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Per cent. 



Maine 30 35 35 82 



New Hampshire 32 34 36 90 



Vermont 45 53 46 96 



Massachusetts.. 31 36 36 77 



Rhode Island.. 50 42 97 



Connecticut ... 35 39 42 85 



New York 51 60 57 89 



New Jersey 33 38 39 89 



Pennsylvania.. 41 40 46 82 



Delaware 20 22 85 



Maryland 30 27 50 93 



Virginia 30 17 38 90 



West Virginia.. 28 32 33 89 



North Carolina. 24 12 30 90 



South Carolina. 19 14 26 80 



Georgia 27 29 29 86 



Florida 55 36 55 94 



Ohio 45 70 41 90 



Indiana 53 57 35 80 



Illinois 65 35 38 77 



Michigan 56 65 49 91 



Wisconsin 65 37 52 94 



Minnesota .... 54 54 56 86 



Iowa 70 40 57 90 



Missouri 60 37 34 79 



North Dakota .... . . 44 99 



South Dakota.. 85 74 69 92 



Nebraska 58 -55 46 92 



Kansas 45 43 29 87 



Kentuckv .... 40 43 32 80 



Tennessee .... 15 23 26 84 



Alabama 30 28 33 91 



Mississippi ... 30 36 30 90 



Louisiana 45 57 36 95 



Texas 22 50 37 85 



Oklahoma .... 40 28 32 86 



Arkansas 35 30 24 84 



Montana 60 70 85 91 



Wyoming 65 80 89 88 



Colorado 44.5 46 51 93 



New Mexico... 65 45 48 82 



Arizona 42 46 62 94 



Utah 50 60 78 93 



Nevada 47 85 60 



Idaho 65 80 60 97 



Washington ... 75 50 53 92 



Oregon 80 55 50 99.5 



California .... 74 32 58 94 



BEE C T^ L T U R V. 



OfTOBKR, 1922 



United States 50.0 



40.5 



42.7 



87.1 



Special Foreign Quotation. 



LIVERPOOL. — The market for honey has l/een 

 dull during the j)ast month. The value of ex- 

 tracted honey in American currency is about 9 

 cents a jiound. The market for beeswax is also 

 slow, the price at today's rate of exchange being 

 about 31c pound. Taylor & Co. 



Liverpool, England, Sept. 6. 



The A. I. Root Company's Quotation. 

 Since our last quotation we have paid the fol- 

 lowing prices in carlots f. o. b. shipping points: 

 Water white extracted white clover, from local 

 producers, with low freight rate, 10% per lb.; 

 Idaho white clover with trace of sweet clover or 

 alfalfa. 8'/^c; western sweet clover and alfalfa, 

 8c; white sweet clover or alfalfa comb honey, fan- 

 cy, $3.75 per case; No. 1, $3.50; and No. 2, $3.25. 

 These comb-honey quotations are on a basis of 

 $4.50 per case for fancy laid down in Medina; 

 $4.25 for No. 1, and $4.00 for No. 2. We have 

 just at present sufficient stocks for our needs. 



Talks to Beginners. — Continued from page 665. 

 the packing. Finely crushed forest leaves, 

 dry sawdust, fine planer shavings, wheat 

 chaff or clover chaff can be used for packing 

 the space between the hive and the outer 

 box. The entrance should be reduced during 

 cold weather to about % by 1% or 2 inches, 

 as described in another article in this issue. 

 The bees can also be packed for winter in 

 tarred paper illustrated on pages 644 and 

 645 in this issue. 



All uniting, feeding and winter packing 

 should be done during October, especially in 

 the North, for these cannot well be done 

 next month. 



Beginners often ask if it would not be well 

 to carry their bees into a shed during the 

 winter. This should not be done. The bees 

 will be better off out in the open where 

 they can have the benefit of the winter sun- 

 shine than if placed in an open shed. Neither 

 is it advisable to place loose material, such 

 as fodder, about the hive, which would per- 

 mit the wind to blow through but cut off 

 the sunshine. Protection of this kind would 

 be somewhat like placing the blankets on 

 the roof, expecting them to keep one warm 

 in bed. The protection should be placed im- 

 mediately around the hive where it will do 

 the most good, and the hive should be lo- 

 cated if possible where the sun can shine 

 on it, in order that the benefits of the winter 

 sun may be secured. 



In the extreme northern part of the United 

 States and in some parts of Canada many 

 bees are wintered in cellars. Those who live 

 in the extreme north and have a badly ex- 

 posed location for the apiary may do well to 

 put their colonies into the cellar next month 

 and leave them there i:ntil the latter part 

 of March or the first of April; but, if a 

 protected location can be had, beginners will 

 usually have better results by wintering 

 their bees outside in well-protected hives. 



BOOKS AND BULLETINS. 



C. P. Dadant has revised and largely rewritten 

 Langstroth on the Honeybee, thus bringing this 

 great classic down to date. The new edition con- 

 tains 438 pages and many new illustrations. The 

 book is published by the American Bee Journal. 

 Hamilton, 111. 



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