22 BULLETIN 685, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTITBE. 

 Table VI. — Honey ^production: Annual yields per colony — Continued. 



State. 



1899 



1909 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



Aver- 

 age 5 

 years, 

 1913-17. 



MifTligan 



Pounds. 

 21 

 25 

 22 

 17 

 15 



27 

 24 

 17 

 13 

 13 



11 

 9 

 11 

 12 

 12 



9 

 13 

 11 

 19 

 29 



23 

 49 

 38 

 31 



20 

 17 

 18 

 28 



Pounds. 

 22 

 23 

 17 

 15 

 10 



22 

 21 

 12 

 8 

 10 



10 

 7 

 8 

 11 

 13 



7 



10 

 26 

 30 

 32 



44 

 43 

 43 

 42 



46 

 15 

 18 

 51 



Pounds. 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 65 

 30 



Pounds. 

 37 

 40 

 35 

 25 

 8 



Pounds. 

 50 

 63 

 51 

 66 

 35 



72 

 48 

 61 

 35 

 40 



25 

 39 

 29 

 30 

 37 



29 

 25 

 63 

 50 

 36 



40 

 70 

 57 

 90 



70 

 57 

 35 

 72 



Pounds. 

 65 

 69 

 67 

 82 

 75 



40 

 84 

 96 

 60 

 53 



31 

 48 

 31 

 42 

 45 



39 

 29 

 65 

 60 

 68 



69 

 65 

 33 

 60 



50 

 45 

 30 

 62 



Pounds. 

 43 

 56 

 56 

 46 

 26 



95 

 63 

 49 

 46 

 57 



29 

 35 

 43 

 52 

 12 



36 

 33 

 96 

 89 

 46 



38 

 65 

 106 

 44 



72 

 61 

 58 

 67 



Pounds. 

 49 



Wisconsin 



68 





52 





57 





36 





69 



South Dakota 



60 

 50 

 25 

 40 



30 

 35 

 35 

 35 

 35 



35 

 30 

 35 

 75 

 60 



60 

 70 

 70 

 75 



55 

 46 

 40 

 36 



25 

 30 

 20 

 26 



28 

 28 

 33 

 35 

 55 



26 

 20 

 62 



70 

 43 



55 

 60 

 65 

 40 



56 

 40 

 35 

 75 



62 





55 



Kansas 



37 



Kentucky 



43 



TfiT1T1PJ?<!P.O 



29 



Alabama 



37 



Mississippi 



34 



T.niiisiftTm , 



39 



Texas 



37 



Oklahoma 



33 



ArVansfV! 



27' 



Mnntn.Tift , 



64 



Wyoming 



69 



Colorado 



51 



New Mexico 



48 



Arizona 



64 



Utah. 



66 



Nevada 



62 



Idaho 



61 



Wa-'!hlTi£r^:nTi 



50 



Oregon. 



40 



r,aliff>rnia , , 



60 







United states 



14.9 



15.9 



40.6 



32.2 



42.3 



52.8 



40.3 



41.6 



YIELDS OF HONEY PER COLONY. 



Dividing the total production of honey for the years 1899 

 and 1909 by the numbers of colonies of bees at the beginniag 

 of the seasons of 1900 and 1910, respectively, using in. both 

 cases figures reported by the United States Census, we 

 secure approximate yields for the two years of about 15 and 

 16 pounds, respectively. But the yields thus deduced are 

 much below the facts. The census enumerators have difiGi- 

 culty in securing figures for production in a previous year 

 because many people have failed to keep records, or because 



