130 First Annual Report. 



L. T. AXTELL, ROSEVILLE, ILL. 



1 . 20 years, first four years only increased swarms; got no surplus. 



2. No. Farming and pure bred poultry. 



3. 16 years, 200 colonies. 



4. The Quinby movable frame. 



5. xi^xi9>4 outside measure, 7 frames. 



6. Comb mostly. 



7. 94 per cent, comb and 6 per cent, extracted. 



8. 4 1-4x4 1-4. 



9. Neither. 



10. White clover for spring and heartsease for fall . 



11. About 50 pounds. 



12. About 3 pounds. 



13. Mostly in Chicago. 



14. We keep down increase by uniting back . Good honey years, one 



in five. 



15. Not any. 



16. About 13 cents. 



17. 10 cents. 



18. No. 



19. Alsike is good. 



20. Think not. 



21 . Sometimes from second growth . 



22. First, Italians; second, Italians; then blacks. 



23. Better honey gatherers in times of daouth and easier to handle. 



24. Both. 



25. 10 per cent. 



26. About 1 2th of November. 



27. April ist. 



28. No. 



29. Mrs. Axtell thinks so; Mr. Axtell says no. 



30. While in blossom. 



31- 125. 



33. By giving good premiums. 



33. Good years for honey more than all else and stick-to-it-iveness, 

 then a host of bee-keepers spring up, to quit it again the next poor year. 

 Keep the bees in good condition at all times. 



