126 First Annual Report 



DR. C. C. MILLER, MARENGO, M HENRY COUNTY, ILL. 



1 . Thirty-one years . 



2 . Yes . 



3. Perhaps 75, running from i to more than 400. 



4. Movable frame . 



5. Eight-frame 18x19 inches, now working into Simplicity. 



6. Comb. 



7 and 8. 4}(x4}i(.xi^. 



9 . Wood . 



10. Clover and a little linden . 



11. Perhaps 25. 3 



13. Foreign, j 



14. Perhaps 50 per cent. 

 16. About 15 cents. 



18. About. 



19. Nothing conclusively satisfactory. 



20. No. 



22. Italians. 



23 . Better natured. 



24. Cellar. 



25 . 5 to 8 per cent . 



26. November 1st. 



27 . Last of March to last of April. 



28. No. 



29 . Not that I know of. 



31. 100. 



32. I really don't know. 



32. Get a good foul brood law, and a law against spraying fruit blos- 

 soms, also some plan to prevent my crowding in on your territory. 



R. MILLER, COMPTON, LEE COUNTY, ILL. 



1 . Have kept bees since 1865 . 



2 . Farm a little. 



3. From 25 to 195. 



4 . Movable frame. 



5 . Eight frame Langstroth, common size . 



6. For both. 



7. Half and half. 



8. 4%M%- 



9 . Neither one . 



10. White and sweet clover. 



11. Have never kept a record . 



13. Mostly at home. 



14. About one-third . 



16. 10 cents per pound lately. 



17. 10 cents per pound . 



