Lanark : Colonies in poor condition, heavy losses general ; 40 per cent, 

 in this apiary, due largely to starvation ; no honey gathered after July of 

 1907; wintered in cellar, put in November 10th, removed April 17th; 

 clover wintered well, but not much alsike grown; very large crop of 

 dandelions in spring. 



Leeds : Colonies in fairly good condition notwithstanding continuance 

 of cloudy and rainy weather ; loss 9 per cent. ; bees wintered in cellar, put 

 in November 8th, removed April 20th ; sugar syrup largely fed for stores 

 in this vicinity ; some few colonies showed presence of dysentery ; white 

 and alsike clovers suffered badly from drought of 1907, but the rains of 

 this spring have brought the clover into nice condition. 



Lincoln : General condition good ; no loss whatever ; bees wintered 

 partly in cellar, and partly outdoors packed in cases ; stored November 

 28th, out again March 25th; sugar fed to make up what bees lacked in 

 natural stores ; no disease present except a little dysentery ; crops win- 

 tered very well, these with a little basswood being only sources we have 

 here for surplus honey. 



Manitoulin : General condition poor ; loss 33 per cent, from dampness 

 in cellar and lack of queens; bees were put in November 15th, taken out 

 May 5th ; clovers came through winter in very poor condition. 



Middlesex: Some loss reported among small bee-keepers; none in 

 our apiary, and bees are in grand condition; colonies wintered on sum- 

 mer stands packed in clamps, four in each clamp ; put away first part of 

 October, and unpacked on 18th of May; bees were fed on sugar syrup, 

 which is the best stores one year with another, no signs of disease pre- 

 sent ; we are very well supplied with both wheat and alsike clover, both 

 at home and out-yard ; these crops never looked better. 



Muskoka : General condition very good, but loss about 20 per cent. ; 

 were re-queened heavily last fall and some were queenless this spring, this 

 being particular cause of loss ; bees wintered in clamps on summer stands 

 packed in four inches forest leaves with some fine sawdust; bees were 

 placed in clamps about October 1st and removed May 20th; sugar syrup 

 fed for winter stores; clovers in good shape and grown to quite a large 

 extent. 



Norfolk : Bees came out in fair condition ; loss 4 per cent. , due to 

 experimenting in swarming; bees wintered in basement of stock 

 barn partitioned off by themselves ; bees housed December 30th, set out 

 April 7th; no winter stores necessary as the colonies averaged 30 lbs. 

 honey each when put in ; all clovers came through winter in good shape ; 

 this is a white clover locality but farmers have just nicely started in alsike. 



Northumberland : Colonies strong ; loss 9 per cent. , caused by old 

 queens, and in some cases by spring dwindling ; bees wintered in cellar 

 put in December 1st, taken out April 5th; each colony fed 10 lbs. of sugar 

 syrup for winter stores ; clovers wintered well and are grown to quite an 

 extent. 



Ontario : General condition fairly good ; loss in my apiary 8 per cent. , 

 due largely to old queens; bees wintered one-half in cellar, others in 



