16 BULLETIN 685^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 

 Table V. — Honeybees:. Winter losses, causes and percentages of. 



State. 



Causes and percentages of winter losses. 



Queen lost or 

 Mling. 



1914- 

 15 



1915- 

 16 



19ie- 

 17 



Starvation. 



1914- 

 15 



1915- 

 16 



1916- 

 17 



Cold, exposure, 

 smothering. 



1914- 

 15 



1915- 

 16 



1916- 

 17 



Moths and 

 ants. 



1914- 1915- 

 15 16 



1916- 

 17 



Maine 



New Hampshire. 



Vermont 



Massachusetts. . . . 

 Rhode Island 



Connecticut... 



New York 



New Jersey... 

 Pennsylvania . 

 Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



West Virginia. . 

 North Carolina. 

 South Carolina. 



Georgia. 

 Florida. 

 Ohio.... 

 Indiana. 

 Illinois. . 



Michigan.., 

 Wisconsin. 

 Minnesota. 



Iowa 



Missouri... 



North Dakota. 

 South Dakota. 



Nebraska 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Tennessee.... 



Alabama 



Mississippi... 



Louisiana 



Texas 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 

 0.3 



P.ct. 

 0.6 



0.1 



.5 



.4 



5.7 



2.8 



2.3 



.8 



.9 



2.1 



2.9 



4.1 



.2 



2.4 



1.8 

 2.0 

 5.0 

 .5 

 5.0 



3.0 

 .8 



1.5 

 .4 



1.5 



1.5 

 2.0 

 2.2 

 2.0 

 1.2 



2.0 

 3.0 

 2.2 

 2.5 

 3.0 



.7 

 1.5 

 2.8 



P.ct. 



0.4 



16.0 



1.2 



4.7 

 1.8 



2.6 

 3.3 



10.7 



1.4 

 .5 



10.5 

 .1 



2.8 

 3.6 

 3.5 

 2.7 



3.7 

 10.5 

 11.4 

 5.6 

 3.1 



P.ct. 

 5.0 

 9.4 

 4.7 



15.4 

 5.7 



7.0 

 10.1 

 11.9 

 7.5 

 6.0 



11.2 

 13.3 



8.3 

 11.4 



5.5 



3.1 

 2.0 

 6.7 

 10.2 

 4.5 



10.0 

 6.6 

 2.6 

 4.5 

 2.2 



4.0 

 5.0 

 3.8 

 6.3 

 6.0 



12.6 

 5.0 

 2.4 

 1.8 

 3.2 



P.ct 

 1.6 

 4.6 

 4.8 

 4.0 



P.ct. 



2.1 

 .9 

 .9 



1.3 



2.8 

 3.4 

 4.5 

 1.7 

 1.6 



1.8 

 5.4 

 1.5 

 3.0 

 1.0 



3.8 

 5.3 

 4.3 

 3.8 

 2.4 



4.3 



P.ct. 

 3.2 

 2.0 

 2.6 

 5.0 

 3.0 



10.0 

 2.0 

 3.5 

 3.0 



1.8 

 1.4 

 2.0 

 1.5 



.5 



.2 



2.0 



1.0 



1.6 



1.5 

 1.2 

 2.6 

 1.5 

 1.7 



3.0 

 3.5 

 1.1 

 1.0 



1.5 

 .2 



P.ct. 

 1.3 

 .9 

 5.0 

 2.3 

 2.3 



1.2 

 .5 

 4.3 

 1.3 

 1.3 



.7 



.1 



3.3 



2.7 



4.8 

 3.8 

 1.0 



1.1 

 1.8 

 .8 

 4.2 

 2.3 



1.8 

 .8 



5.9 

 .3 



8.1 



.5 

 .4 

 .1 



P.ct 



P.ct. 



.2 



P.ct. 

 0.3 



.2 

 .8 

 .1 



1.2 

 3.0 

 3.0 

 5.6 

 1.5 



