^54 First Annual RepoM' 



C. E. VOCOM, SHERMAN, ILL. 



1 . Five. 



2. No. F'arming. 



3. Probably 10. 



4. Movable frames. 



5. Jj-ykxg^i outside, 10 to the hive. 



6. Both. 



7. I generally run for comb honey early in the season and for extracted 

 later, using the same hives for both. Probably as much for one as the other. 



8. 4 1-4x4 1-4.X2. 



9. Tin. Never used woc«d. 



10. White and alsike clover. 



1 1 . Probably 25. 



12. Same as No. 11. 



13. Home. 



14. About 150 per cent. 



15. About 75 per cent. 



16. About 12)4 cents. 



17. Absolutely 10 cents. 



18. Scarcely, but what they do .store is much nicer. 



19. Limited with alsike. It is excellent for both nectar and grass. 



20. Italians sometimes do. 



21. Don't know. 



22. Italians. Italians. 



23. They get up early go to bed late, work some on red clover, are 

 quiet upon lifting the frames, are almost proof against robbers and moth, 

 gather as much honey as any (I think). Queens are easily found. Queens 

 and bees handsome, etc. 



24- Summer stands. 



25. Probably 15 per cent. 



28. No. 



29. No. 



30. None done that I know of. 



31 . i >on't know. 



32. Contrive by some means to offer premiums that will amply pay the 

 exhibitor for his trouble. This I think is the whole secret. 



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