22 BULLETEN 685, V. S. DEPABTMENT OF AGRICULTtTEE. 

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



State. 



1916 



1917 



Aver- 

 ages 

 years, 

 1913-17. 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



North Dakota 



South Dakota 



Nebraska 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Oklahoma 



Arkansas 



Montana 



Wyoming 



Colorado 



New Mexico 



Arizona 



Utah 



Nevada 



Idaho 



Washington 



Oregon 



California 



United States 



Pimnds. 

 21 

 25 

 22 

 17 

 15 



27 

 24 

 17 

 13 

 13 



11 

 9 

 11 

 12 

 12 



9 

 13 

 11 

 19 



29 



23 

 49 



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. 

 50 

 60 

 60- 

 65 

 30 



Pounds. 

 37 

 40 

 35 

 25 

 8 



40.6 



32.2 



Pounds. 

 50 

 63 

 51 

 66 

 35 



72 

 48 

 51 

 35 

 40 



25 

 39 

 29 

 30 

 37 



29 

 25 

 63 

 50 

 36 



40 



70 

 57 

 90 



70 

 57 

 35 

 72 



Pounds. 

 65 

 69 

 57 

 82 

 75 



40 

 84 

 96 

 60 

 53 



31 

 48 

 31 

 42 

 45 



39 

 29 

 65 

 60 

 68 



59 

 55 

 33 

 60 



50 

 45 

 30 

 62 



Pounds. 

 43 

 56 

 56 

 46 



38 

 65 

 106 

 44 



72 

 61 

 58 

 57 



Pounds. 

 49 

 58 

 52 

 57 

 35 



69 

 62 

 55 

 37 

 43 



29 

 37 

 34 

 39 

 37 



33 



27 

 64 

 69 

 51 



48 

 64 

 66 

 62 



61 

 50 

 40 

 60 



42.3 



40.3 



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 beginning 

 of the seasons of 1900 and 1910, respectively, usmg in both 

 cases figures reported by the United States Census, we 

 secure approxunate 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 diffi- 

 culty in securing figures for production in a previous year 

 because many people have failed to keep records, or because 



