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BULLETIN 325, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Table 4. — Form of honey produced, percentage used locally and that sold to outside 

 markets, losses of colonies during season from disease, and strength of colonies on Sept. 

 1, 1915. 







Form 



12 

 of honey produced. 





13 

 Disposition. 



14 



Colo- 

 nies 

 lost 

 from 

 disease, 

 1915. 



15 



Strength 



of 

 colonies 

 Sept. 1, 

 com- 

 pared 



State. 



(a) 

 Comb in 

 sections. 



(6) 

 Extracted. 



(c) 



Bulk comb 

 "chunk." 



(a) 



Used 

 lo- 

 cally. 



(6) 



Out- 

 side 

 mar- 

 kets. 





1915 



1914 



1915 



1914 



1915 



1914 



normal. 



Maine x 



P.ct. 

 80 

 85 

 90 



87 

 20 



61 

 61 

 77 

 60 

 60 



85 

 75 



P.ct. 

 80 



66 

 67 

 5 



48 

 47 

 25 

 65 



69 



87 

 57 

 45 



28 

 11 

 66 

 52 

 42 



56 

 41 

 36 

 56 

 32 



P.ct. 

 17 

 15 

 8 

 13 

 80 



29 

 39 

 23 

 30 

 30 



10 

 13 



17 

 30 



16 

 45 

 32 

 21 

 65 



46 

 57 

 45 

 40 

 37 



P.ct. 

 15 



28 

 32 

 95 



47 

 50 

 75 

 29 



22 

 12 

 38 

 30 



33 



88 

 32 

 36 

 56 



43 

 58 

 63 

 42 

 38 



P.ct. 

 3 

 

 2 

 

 



10 

 

 

 10 

 10 



5 

 12 



49 

 30 



44 

 

 3 



15 

 1 





 

 5 

 2 

 29 



P.ct. 

 5 



P.ct. 

 75 



P.ct. 

 25 



P.ct. 

 5.0 

 



2.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 



.2 



.9 



5.0 



4.0 







.8 

 2.3 



P.ct. 

 88 





100 



Vermont \ 



6 



0.7 







5 

 3 

 

 6 



5 

 94 

 100 



83 

 45 

 96 

 75 



95 

 6 

 



17 



55 



4 



25 



110 





105 





105 





97 





104 





94 





95 





100 





9 



1 



5 



25 



39 

 1 

 2 



12 

 2 



1 

 1 

 1 



2 

 30 



80 

 75 



20 

 25 



105 





103 









34 

 40 



40 

 55 

 65 

 64 

 34 



54 

 43 

 50 

 58 

 34 



51 

 98 



75 

 42 

 75 

 97 

 59 



54 

 58 

 55 

 65 

 95 



49 

 2 



25 

 58 

 25 

 3 

 41 



46 

 42 

 45 

 35 

 5 





 .4 



1.0 







2.0 



1.5 



2.0 



2.0 

 1.5 

 .1 

 2.0 

 2.4 



ioi 





98 





94 



Florida > 



80 



Ohio 



95 





100 



Illinois * 



96 





96 





97 





106 





102 





102 



North Dakota * 







62 

 36 

 65 

 45 



22 

 32 

 19 

 10 

 1 



37 

 28 

 70 

 97 

 70 



5 



10 

 15 



77 

 43 

 67 

 49 



31 



34 



49 







4 



36 



25 



92 



67 



31 

 6 



17 



30 

 63 

 25 

 50 



28 

 42 

 41 

 80 

 52 



15 

 32 

 27 

 3 

 30 



85 

 90 



85 



22 

 42 

 28 

 33 



23 

 41 

 26 

 100 

 51 



17 

 15 



8 

 30 



61 

 94 

 83 



8 

 1 



10 

 5 



50 

 26 

 40 

 10 

 47 



48 

 40 

 3 

 

 



10 

 

 



1 



15 

 5 



18 



46 

 25 

 25 

 

 45 



47 

 60 





 3 



8 

 

 



85 

 64 

 99 

 33 



88 

 55 

 71 

 35 

 35 



99 

 92 

 67 

 6 

 23 



42 

 36 

 32 



15 



36 



1 



67 



12 

 45 

 29 

 65 

 65 



1 



8 

 33 

 94 



77 



58 

 64 

 68 



2.0 



5.0 



.1 



1.0 





 



1.0 

 

 .5 



.3 

 

 3.0 



.3 

 2.0 



1.4 

 1.0 

 4.0 



103 



Nebraska 1 



100 





99 



Kentucky 



98 





89 





95 





94 



Louisiana 1 



100 

 95 





100 





94 





95 





100 





89 





95 





96 



Utah i 



95 







Idaho 1 



60 



32 

 48 

 17 



47 



46 

 64 

 18 



37 



68 

 52 

 82 



51 



54 

 34 

 79 



3 





 



1 



2 





 2 

 3 



23 



54 

 92 

 13 



77 



46 



8 



87 



5.0 



2.0 

 



4.5 



101 





95 





90 





97 







United States average 



40.7 



41.7 



41.3 



42.1 



18.1 



16.2 



60.8 



39.2 



1.5 



97.3 



Not enough reports for fully dependable averages. 



WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1915 



