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State Bee-Keepers' Association. 147 



PETER liLUNlBR, ROANOKE, WOODFORD COUNTY, ILL. 



1. About seven years. 



2. I spend most of my time with bees in the summer as I am not able 

 for hard work. 



3 About forty colonies . 



4 Movable frame. 



5. 8^x17 in. inside, eight and ten frames to the hive. 



6. Mostly comb honey . 



7. 90 per cent, comb, 10 per cent, extract. 



8. 4'4MH^iys. 



9. Use both but prefer wood. 



10. White clover in summer, and fall flowers in the fall. 



11. Cannot say exactly, but guess about :25 pounds. 



J2. Have extracted but two yeans, so experience is short. 



13. In my neighborhood. 



14. As I keep my bees from swarming all I can the increase is very 

 small, not more than 10 per cent, for the last two years. 



16. About 12 cents per pound. 



17. About 10 cents per pound. 



18. Have never tried without seperator with satisfaction. 



19. Have sowed alsike with good results. 



20. Have seen them work hard on it, but very seldom . 



21. I think in warm sunny days and good heavy dews. 



22. Italians. 



23. They work better in poor seasons and are more quiet in handling. 



24. On summer stand in chaft" hives. 



25. Not more than 2 per cent, since I have used th=; chaif hive. 



28. No. 



29. No. 



3r. As this is a poor section for bees I don't think more than fifty 

 colonies. 



32 Have had no experience. 



33. Years ago this section of country was very good for bees as there is 

 much low land full of all kinds of flowers almost the whole season. But tile 

 and the cultivator have destroj'ed about all of them, and even white clover 

 has suffered much. I think bee-keepers should try to induce farmers to sow 

 honey-yielding plants, such as alsike, white clover, alfalfa, buckwheat, &c. 



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