STATUS OF APICULTUBE IN UNITED STATES. 



Tables II and III a give additional data on distribution. 



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Table II.-^-Number and valine of swarms 1 of bees, June 1, 1900, on farms and ranges, by 



geographic divisions. 



Geographic division. 



The United States 



North Atlantic 



South Atlantic 



North Central 



South Central 



Western 



Alaska and Hawaii. . 



N amber of 

 farms. 



5,739,657 



677,506 



962,225 



2,196,567 



1,658,166 



242,908 



2,285 



Farms 

 . report- 

 ing bees. 



707,261 



64,110 

 151,863 

 233,721 

 225,100 



32,421 

 46 



Per cent 

 of farms 

 report- 

 ing bees. 



12.3 



9.5 



10.* 6 



13.6 



13.3 



2.0 



Swarms 

 of bees. 



4,109,626 



413,709 



854,909 



1,187,856 



1,289,384 



362,381 



1,387 



Value of 

 bees. 



$10,186,513 



1,370,732 

 1,664,636 

 3,505,675 

 2,513,397 

 1,123,647 

 8,426 



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



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

 with averages per farm reporting, by geographic divisions. 



Geographic division. 



The United States 



North Atlantic 



South Atlantic 



North Central 



South Central 



Western 



Alaska and Hawaii 



Honey. 



Total. 



Pounds. 

 61,196,160 



6,855,027 



9,468,843 



20,055,502 



14,849,824 



9,870,094 



96,870 



Average 

 per farm. 



Pounds. 

 86.5 



106.9 



62.4 



85.8 



, 66.0 



304.4 



2,105.9 



Wax. 



Total. 



Pounds. 

 1,765,315 



182,819 

 379,192 

 396,604 

 588,960 

 216,020 

 1,720 



Average 

 per farm. 



Pounds. 

 2.5 



2.9 

 2.5 

 1.7 

 2.6 

 6.7 

 37.4 



Value of honey and 

 wax. 



Total. 



$6,664,904 



801,147 

 1,029,233 

 2,353,001 

 1,553,141 



920,089 

 8,293 



Average 

 per farm. 



$9.42 



12.50 

 6.78 



10.07 

 6.90 



28.38 

 180.28 



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; aad Tennessee, with 



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, 3,018,929; 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 162,020 pounds; Texas was second, 

 with 159,690; North Carolina third, with 135,920; California fourth, with 115,330; 

 and New York fifth, with 84,075. & 



« Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Vol. V, Agriculture, Part I, p. ccxxxiii. 

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