i66 First Annual Report. 



W. C. LYMAN; DOWNER S GROVE, ILL. 



1. About ten years. 



2. liee-keeping and general farming. 



3. About 30, at present 60. 



4. Movable frame. 



5. Standard L. 10 frame, and New Heddon. 



6. Both. 



7. Comb 34, extracted }{ . 



8. 4;4^.x4X, seven to the foot. 



9. Have used and prefer tin. 



10. Clover and basswood . 



11 . On an average spring count about 50 pounds. 



13. In home market to grocerymen . (Chicago suburban trade). 



14. One swarm per hive. 



15. One swarm per hive or nearly that. 



16. 15 cents per pound. 



17. 10 cents per pound. 



18. Yes, I think so. 



19. With alsike. It is excellent for hay and for honey. Buckwheat is 

 unreliable. 



20 . No. 



21 . Have never seen red clover in condition to produce much honey for 

 honey bees. 



22. I have, and prefer the darker Italians. 



23. They are bees for business, producing an excellent quality of comb 

 honey, and are also good for producing e.xtracted. 



14. In celler. 



25. Not more than 5 per cent. 



26T Have put them in about November 20 en an average. 



27. From ist to loth of April. Never left them in too long yet. 



28. No. 



29. No. 



30. The spraying was all done after the fruit had formed. 



31 . Probably not more than 100 colonies, but this is quess work. 



32. My experience in this line is quite limited, but what exhibits I have 

 made have brought me my best customers. 



33. The interest in bee-keeping is influenced greatly by the remunera- 

 tion to be obtained from it. As a bee-keeper living within the suburban dis- 

 trict of Chicago, my sales have been made for the greater part, directly to 

 the retail grocerymen, and I find but few who know how to handle and sell 

 honey to the best advantage. Since retail grocers are the ones who must 

 present t^ie great bulk of the honey crop to consumers, and through whose 

 efforts the consumption of honey can be more than doubled, if they under- 



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