144 



First Annual Report 



J. SEIBOLD, HOMER, CHAMPAIGN CO., ILL. 



1. II years. 



2. No. Am a shoemaker; run a boot and shoe shop. 



3. About 15. 



4. Movable frame. 



5. Lano^stroth or simplicity, i8>^x9 3 8 — 8 and 10 frame. 



6. Comb. 



8. 41-4x4 1-4 X iji. 



9. Both. I prefer tin. 



10. White clover, bass wood and heartsease. 



11. About 35 pounds. 



13. Mostly at home. 



14. 35 per cent. 

 16. 13 cents. 



18. I think so. 



19. No. 



20. No, I think not. 



22. Italians and hybrids. 



23. Italians defend the hive best, but as workers I think there not much 



difference 



24 



^5 

 26 



27 

 28 

 29 



31 

 32 



Both. 



25 per cent . 



November. 



March . 



No. 



No. 



I do not know. 



By making large and attractive displays of each and selling the 



same at fairs. 



* SAMUEL C. WARE, TOWANDA, McLEAN COUNTY, ILL. 



1. About forty years. 



2. Do not. Mechanical work. 



3. About forty. 



4. Started with box, now lise L. L. frames, eight and ten to the hive. 



6. Both. 



7. About y^ and 7^. 



8. 4Xx4>4, six, seven and eight to the foot, also ^%x^}i, six and eight 

 to the foot. 



9. Both. Don't see any difference. 



10. Fruit blossoms, white clover and fall blossoms. 

 II and 12. Cannot say, keep no record. Some years between 2,000 and 

 3,000 pounds. Last year nothing for market, all black honey. 

 13. Home. 



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