STATUS OF APTCUL.TURE IN UNITED STATES. 

 Tables II and III" <rivc additional data on distribution 



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Table II. — Number and value of swarms ' of bees, June 1, 1900, on farms and ranges, by 



geograph ic di v is ions . 



Geographic division. 



Number of 



farms. 



Farms 

 report- 

 ing bees. 



Per ccni 

 of farms 

 report- 

 ing bees. 



Swarms 

 of bees. 



Value of 



bees. 



The United States 



5.739,657 



707, 261 



12.3 



4,109,626 $10,186,513 







677,506 



962,225 



2,196,567 



1.658,166 



242, 908 



2, 285 



64,110 

 151,863 

 233, 721 

 225, 100 



32. 421 

 46 



9.5 

 15.8 

 10.6 

 13.6 

 13.3 



2.0 



413.709 



854. 909 



1,187,856 



1,289,384 



362, 381 

 1,387 



1.370.732 





1,664,636 





3,505,675 



South Central 



2,513.397 





1,123.047 





8,426 







i The word "swarms" used in census reports evidently should be "colonies." 



Table III. — Pounds und value of honey and wax produced on farms and ranges in 1899, 

 with averages per farm reporting, by geographic divisions. 



Geographic division. 



Honey. 



Wax. 



Value of honey and 

 wax. 



Total. 



Average 

 per farm. 



Total. 



Average 

 per farm. 



Total. 



Average 

 per farm. 



The United States 



Pounds. 



01,196,160 



Pounds. 

 86.5 



Pounds. 

 1,705,315 



Pounds. 

 2.5 



$6, 664, 904 



$9.42 



North Atlantic 



6, 855. 027 

 9, 468, 843 

 20,055,502 

 14, 849, 824 

 9,870,094 

 96,870 



106.9 

 62.4 

 85.8 

 66.0 



304.4 

 2, 105. 9 



182,819 

 379, 192 

 396,604 

 588, 960 

 216,020 

 1,720 



2.9 

 2.5 

 1.7 

 2.6 

 6.7 

 37.4 



801,147 

 1,029,233 

 2,353,001 

 1,553,141 



920.089 

 8,293 



12. 50 



South Atlantic 



6. 7S 



North Central 



10.07 



South Central 



6.90 



Western 



9 8 3S 



Alaska and Hawaii 



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Taking the number of farms keeping bees as the basis, the five most important 

 bee-keeping States, June 1, 1900, were Texas, with 60,043 farms reporting; Kentucky, 

 with 44,974; Missouri, with 41,145; North Carolina, with 41,051; and Tennessee, with 

 38,225. 



Taking the number of swarms, or colonies, of bees as the basis, the five leading 

 States were Texas, with 392,644; North Carolina, 244,539; Tennessee, 225,788; Alabama, 

 205,369; and Missouri, 205,110. Of the States included in the series given first, Texas, 

 Missouri, Tennessee, and North Carolina are found in the second. 



Taking the value of the bees as the basis of classification, the five leading States 

 were Texas, with $749,483; New York, $593,784; Pennsylvania, $531,578; Kentucky, 

 $527,098; and Missouri, $508,217. 



The five greatest producers of honey in 1899 were Texas, with 4,780,204 pounds; 

 California, 3,667,738; New York, 3,422,497; Missouri, 3,018,92!); and Illinois. 2,961,080. 

 California, which has not been included in any of the preceding classifications, here 

 stands second. 



Of the States producing wax, Alabama led with L62,020 pounds; Toxas was second, 

 with 159,690; North Carolina third, with 135,920; California fourth, with 1.15,330; 

 and New York fifth, with 84,07:>> 



« Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Vol. V, Agriculture, Part 1, p. cexxxiii. 

 & Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Vol. V, Agriculture, Tart 1, pp. 

 ccxxxiii-ccxxxiv. 



