42 TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS, 
(a) As a Sideline. (b) As a Profession. 
County. Votin Votin iene Voting 
ves No. - Yes. ‘ No. 
Robertson 3 4 3 12 
FROCK WANs rssiisve ses waned dos 2 1 2 as 
a pe a i A 1 
| ae pre ene eee 
S ADIN Gotcha cinta dicarty odlucigrvit Cae alee enapsvensnne rad 5 2 3 4 
San Jacinto 4 ase 2 2 
Sam: Patricioiics:..« ay saniveisniw vigaremmqn ceases ae : iy 1 
2 aa 2 1 
3 ee 1 a 
2 oa ee 2 
7 2 5 6 
9 1 ss 9 
1 2 iP 3 
17 i 3 #16 
2 1 1 a 
5 ie a 3 
5 _ 3 2 
4 7 1 7 
ae 1 sei 1 
81 4 52 29 
8- 1 1 6 
1 1 1 2% 
3 2 1 a 
4 re ee 2 
1 1 se 1 
5 2 ee 2 
12 Be 4 7 
WA OM a 55-3) ascuseisisig Richa San osebtinpindeubad dec Saha sbcameeesan ie 7 2 ae 8 
Williamson 34 8 10 27 
Wilson 52 2 34 12 
Wise 1 sie rm 1 
Young. : A a 5 
oung. ae 
Zavala. ‘ 28 5 18 7 
Totals 1,750 225 705 | 947 
QUEEN BREEDING IN TEXAS, 
This Department has secured a list of upwards of fifty active queen 
breeders in the State whose output of queens for the season of 1911 was 
approximately 9000. A nominal value placed on these at $7000 is nomi- 
nal in the strictest sense of the word. For, in cases when no value was 
reported to us by the breeder, we have placed this at 75 cents apiece. 
To any beekeeper, such a valuation immediatel¥ suggests the common 
run of queens; such a figure would not justly represent the value of 
queens of the higher grades. 
It appears that the rank and file of Texas queen breeders produce the 
Italian. Yet there are breeders of the Carniolan, Banat and Cyprian. 
The three-banded Italian seems to have the preference, then the Golden. 
GENERAL SUMMARY. 
From our reports, as well as from actual observations in the field, we 
know that the past three or four years in Texas have been unfavorable 
to highly successful honey production in a number of localities. 
The proportion of box hives, or “oums,’ to movable frame hives in 
Texas is gratifyingly small. 
The average production of honey, all grades, per colony in Texas for 
the season:1911 as secured from reports of 2733 beekeepers was 26 
pounds. Were the productions from box hives eliminated from this 
