1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



233 



STATISTICS OF BEES AM> HdVEY FOR 

 THE U1NITEU STATES. 



TOE HFSULT OF FRIEND MIM.ER'S LABORS. 



'^E take pleasure in giving the follow- 

 ing as the summing-up of the reports 

 that have been sent in for months 

 past in response to the calls through the va- 

 rious journals. This report was lirst put in 

 print by the American £ee Journal, it may 

 be well'to explain. 



Many of those who reported sent in only part of 

 the items asked for, in some cases omitting- the 

 spring- count, in others the fall count, especially of 

 1881. This will explain such discrepancies as, a posi- 

 tive gain in -wintering, the apparent decrease for 

 1883 in Minnesota, and the enormous increase in 

 Maryland, etc. These defective reports might have 

 been safely modified by assuming a fall count at least 

 equal to the spring count, and assuming a spring 

 count bearing at least a small proportion to the fall 

 count, and the items of some of the States might 

 have been largely increased by incorporating re- 

 ports obtained from other sources; but it is, per- 

 haps, best to give exactly -what -was sent in, in re- 

 sponse to the call; neither adding to nor subtract- 

 ing therefrom. It will be noticed that the largest 

 numbers are reported for Illinois. It does not nec- 

 essarily follow that Illinois has more honey than any 



other State. Possibly a good year in Illinois made 

 more bee-keepers of that State willing to send in 

 their reports. A bad honey crop in New York prob- 

 ably accounts for that State being sixth on the list 

 as to number of persons reported. New York, how- 

 ever, stands second on the list as to spring count re- 

 ported, showing that those reported from this State 

 own a large number of colonies as compared with 

 other States. 



The average number of colonies reported for each 

 apiary are:— 



Fall<)fl881 20.1 



Spring of 1882 35 5 



Fall of 1882 35 4 



The average number of pounds of honey produced 

 by each person is:— 



Comb honey 628 



Extracted 616 



Total 1244 



The average number of pounds per colony:— 



Comb honey 30.58 



Extracted 30.00 



Total 60.58 



Thanks are due to many, whom it would be a 

 pleasure to name did space permit, for the pains 

 taken in sending in reports for others. As has been 

 suggested, Illinois makes the largest reports. On 

 page 51 of Bcc Journal, is a tabic by counties for the 

 State of Illinois of the honey crop of 1881, given at 

 618,947 pounds, and the total number of colonies (pre- 



STATES. 



Florida 



Georg-ia 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Inwa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Massachusetts. . . 



Maryland 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Missotiri 



Nebrnska 



New Hampshire. 



New Jersey 



New York 



North Carolina... 

 Ohio 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania. ., 

 South Carolina. 



Tt'nnessee 



Texfls 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Wpst Virginia., 

 Wisconsin 





Arkansas 5 



Canada 23 



California | 5 



Colorado 2 



Connecticut I 3 



Dakota 1 24 



3 



1 



252 



116 



216 



24 



34 



2 



134 



9 



24 



151 



16 



2 



34 



15 



iT 



123 



2 



124 



3 



73 



2 



3 



27 



23 



18' 



4 



5 



56; 



6 

 ^ ■ 



105 

 457 

 351 



203 



83 



19 



5,160 



2.058 



2,>-28 



299 



642 



98 



1,840 



141 



67 



3,308 



493 



103 



611 



137 



246 



4,041 

 44 



2 122 

 ' 67 



1,370 

 27 

 236 

 960 

 186 

 361 

 155 

 160 



2,618 



.IS 

 5S 



104 



445 



282 



12 



24 



212 



73 



18 



5.774 



1,911 



3,096 



3.53 



714 



911 



1,33.T 



123 



63 



3,187 



730 



92 



.595 



1:J4 



82 



237 



3,917 



44 



2,019 



63 



1,660 



26 



251 



843 



175 



375 



lU 



151 



2,936 



Total 1571 31,6531 33,366 



0=5 



215 



644 



419 



35 



49 



386 



149 



42 



10,7 '2 



3.437 



6,9U2 



476 



1,195 



133 



1.971 



170 



.595 



6,024 



6(9 



164 



1,087 



5H3 



115 



.332 



5.281 



94 



3,375 



89 



3,363 



52 



372 



1,661 



271 



5c 



c a) 



K2 



107 

 45 

 49 



192 



104 

 82 



104 



l:i3 

 86 

 80 



123 

 35 

 67 

 47 

 49 

 38 



84 1 

 89 

 14 

 78 

 83 



335 

 40 

 40 



135 



114 

 62 

 41 

 43 



ino 



48 

 '.'7 

 .55 



554 48 

 2131 63 



2051 

 4 556! 



6 925 



3.723 



1,700 



2911 



425 



10.176 



1,315 



St; 



is o 

 P3 



314,3rt3 



33.673 



140 904 



7,593 



6,345 



50 



18.0(10 



885 



1.03t 



120.291 



2i).77:i 



200 



]8,.548 



6,385 



80 



2.696 



88,930 



259 



34.619, 



1.^5 



51,740 



885 



.3.100 



3,.559 



5.100 



5.840 



2,090 



734 



70.538 



2,99-> 



13.644 



13,3,5(1 



175 



841 



376 



6,939 



50 



283,737 



45.4«4 



144,883 



11,011 



4,7»-5 



4,200 



3.440 



2.470 



1.418 



6^,lfl:{ 



13,924 



4,800 



29,t^54 



8,460 



55,578 72 986,703 



4.818 



44,583 

 1,4.50 



36,1X3 

 1.865 



19.033 



. 2,527 



4," 'Oil 



45,7.59 

 4.443 

 2.6.55 

 4,201 

 4,755 

 134,255 



963,141 



9,917 



16,366 



15,0.5(1 



465 



1,266 



10,452 



8,1.54 



50 



598,0ti0 



79.1.57 



285.787 



18 604 



11,1 m 



4,250 



21.440 



3,3 5 



2,4.52 



183,394 



33.697 

 5.000 



48 202 



14,845 



80 



7,.514 



133.513 



1.700 



70,MI2 

 2,020 



73,773 

 3.413 

 7,100 



49.318 

 9,542 

 8,495 

 6,39ii 

 5.479 

 204 793 



1,954,814 61 



97 



S-i 



55 



3 



9 



37 



29 



4 



2,768 



704 



1,443 



123 



87 



10 

 39 

 35 

 24 



167 

 75 



178 

 39 

 50 

 49 

 1,335 

 27 



565 

 6 



488 

 15 

 25 



630 

 55 



129 

 18 



a3 



1.078 



10,410 



