HONEYBEES AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 17 



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





Causes and percentages of winter losses. 



State. 



Queen lost or 

 failing. 



Starvation. 



Cold, exposure, 

 smothering. 



Moths and 

 ants. 





1914- 

 15 



1915- 

 16 



1916- 

 17 



1914^ 

 15 



1915- 

 16 



1916- 

 17 



1914- 

 15 



1915- 

 16 



1916- 



17 



191+- 

 15 



1915- 

 16 



1916- 

 17 



Oklahoma 



P.ct. 

 1.0 



P.ct. 

 0.2 

 3.5 

 .5 

 2.0 

 2.0 



2.2 



.5 



2.6 



P.ct. 

 1.0 

 1.1 

 1.9 

 .5 

 2.0 



1.6 

 .9 

 .7 



P.ct. 



1.0 



25.0 



17.4 

 .5 



P.ct. 

 5.6 

 8.0 

 .5 

 1.0 

 2.0 



.2 

 5.0 

 1.3 



P.ct. 

 3.6 

 8.8 

 1.3 

 .4 

 .7 



2.2 

 2.3 



.8 



P.ct. 

 2.4 



1.4 



P.ct. 

 2.0 

 .1 



22.1 

 1.0 

 2.5 



.6 



P.ct. 



0.7 



1.9 



15.8 



13.0 



8.7 



1.9 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 

 3.0 

 3.0 



P.ct. 

 0.7 





.9 



Montana 







Wyoming 



1.7 

 2.3 



1.7 

 1.5 

 4.8 









Colorado 









New Mexico 





1.1 



.1 







Utah 



1.0 



4.9 



19.9 

 14.7 



24.6 

 1.3 



11.7 

 1.2 









Nevada 









Idaho 



2.6 



.9 



2.2 



2.5 



2.1 

 1.5 

 1.2 

 3.0 



.9 



.8 



.6 



2.5 



.2 

 .2 



.1 



4.0 

 4.0 

 2.0 

 1.0 



.4 

 3.5 

 1.2 

 2.4 



.2 

 16.9 



1.0 

 8.4 

 13.0 



.8 











.2 



.3 

 1.0 

 .2 



.1 







California 









U. S. average.- . 



1.5 



1.8 



1.7 



3.2 



6.0 



2.7 



.9 



1.7 



2.4 



.3 



1.1 



.3 



State. 



Causes and percentages of winter losses. 



Foul brood and 

 other diseases. 



1914- 

 15 



1915- 

 16 



1916- 

 17 



Poor honey, 

 dysentery. 



1914- 

 15 



1915- 

 16 



1916- 

 17 



Late and weak 

 swarms. 



1914- 

 15 



1915- 

 16 



1916- 

 17 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 



Maine 



New Hampshire. 



Vermont 



Massachusetts... 

 Rhode Island 



P.ct. 



0.5 

 .4 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 



0.3 

 .3 



2.7 

 .5 



12.0 



2.1 



.2 



P.ct. 



0.2 



.2 



P.ct. 



0.1 

 11.1 



1.3 



Connecticut. . 



New York 



New Jersey. . . 

 Pennsylvania. 

 Delaware , 



3.0 



2.0 

 3.0 



.1 



.1 



.6 



3.2 



9.4 

 .5 

 1.8 



.2 

 .1 

 1.3 



6.4 

 1.5 

 2.7 



1.7 

 1.1 



Maryland 



Virginia 



"West Virginia 



North Carolina 



South Carolina 



36993'— 18— Bull. 685 3 



1.7 



3.7 

 1.3 

 5.7 



.2 

 1.0 

 1.5 



.5 

 2.0 



.1 

 1.6 



.2 

 1.1 



.7 



1.4 

 1.4 



.3 

 1.0 

 .5 

 .2 



1.3 



1.0 

 1.9 

 .7 



