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First Annual Report 



A. Y. BALDWIN, DEKALB, ILL. 



1. About ten years . 



2. Nearly so 



3. For three years 150 colonies. 



4. Simplicity and dovetailed hives. 



5. 17x8)4 measure. 



6. Comb exclusively. 



8. 4Xx4Xxi 15-16. 



9. Both. Prefer tin. 



10. Basswood — white and sweet clover. 



11. For last two years about 25 pounds. 



13. Both. 



14. About 25 per cent. 



18. Have had no experience. Use separators. 



19. Have had no experience with Alsike. 



20. Not any to speak of. 



22. Italian, Blacks and Hybrids. Prefer Italians. 



23. More docile. 



24. In the cellar. 



25. From 2 to 4 per cent. — * 



26. From November 15th to December ist. 



27. When soft maple blooms. 



28. Not any. 



30. Never done in this section. 



31. Am not able to answer, but think about 100 is plenty. 



33. There are several small apiarists in town and I can enumerate 

 over two hundred colonies in this immediate vicinity. Think if the number 

 were diminished some it would be for the interest of us all. 



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M. KLUMP, MULBERRY GROVE, BOND COUNTY, ILL. 



Nine years. 



No farming. 



Eighteen. 



Movable frame . 



Simplicity. 



Wood. 



Bloom of all kinds. 



At home. 



12^ cents. 



Yes. 



I think Alsike clover best. 



No. 



Mixed. 



As soon as winter begins. 



As soon as winter is broken . 



