HONEYBEES. 
11 
Table 3. — Number of colonies {spring count) 1915, condition of bees and honey plants 
May 1, estimated yield of surplus honey July 1, and indicated yield Sept. 1 for entire 
season, 1915. 
State. 
§ 2 
o > 
O <B 
Condition 
of colonies 
compared 
with 
normal. 
10 
Condition 
of honey 
plants com- 
pared with 
normal. 
Yield of surplus honey per colony. 
S5S 
-2 OS 
+> PS.* 2 
Pi T3 
(d) For entire sea- 
son, estimated 
Sept. 1. 
Maine 
New Plampshire 
Vermont 
Massachusetts 
Rhode Island 
Connecticut 
New York 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania 
Delaware 
Maryland 
Virginia 
West Virginia 
North Carolina 
South Carolina 
Georgia 
Florida 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Illinois 
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 average 
No. 
100 
103 
96 
101 
100 
110 
90 
98 
96 
102 
106 
95 
102 
101 
100 
100 
98 
90 
92 
104 
103 
102 
94 
105 
105 
92 
100 
102 
102 
101 
100 
96 
115 
92 
125 
120 
101 
115 
111] 
105 
100 
105 
103 
98 
110 
P.ct. 
99 
100 
95 
96 
9S 
98 
88 
98 
91 
98 
97 
91 
84 
100 
93 
95 
92 
91 
95 
90 
97 
89 
87 
97 
103 
95 
104 
99 
100 
99 
100 
99 
100 
P.ct. 
94 
91 
95 
94 
97 
100 
96 
110 
98 
100 
85 
102 
105 
95 
86 
95 
95 
97 
93 
91 
115 
98 
92 
105 
108 
110 
105 
105 
105 
100 
115 
102 
105 
107 
P.ct. 
99 
98 
100 
93 
90 
100 
98 
97 
94 
94 
91 
87 
92 
93 
92 
92 
92 
93 
90 
82 
98 
100 
99 
95 
100 
98 
90 
97 
88 
10(1 
100 
103 
110 
98 
100 
101 
105 
100 
100 
P.ct. 
93 
95 
98 
91 
93 
95 
98 
93 
95 
93 
90 
94 
91 
91 
93 
95 
100 
95 
85 
94 
93 
95 
95 
85 
100 
90 
115 
90 
100 
100 
107 
105 
105 
102 
100 
110 
100 
100 
120 
Lbs. 
8 
18 
5 
12 
35 
5 
13 
5 
10 
12 
20 
31 
Lbs. 
8 
25 
4 
7 
10 
P.ct. 
18 
50 
12 
47 
10 
17 
30 
54 
40 
50 
70 
72 
Lbs. 
25 
28 
40 
22 
35 
35 
45 
25 
28 
12 
20 
40 
30 
28 
20 
30 
45 
20 
24 
25 
45 
50 
50 
45 
33 
Lbs. 
30 
30 
20 
22 
40 
28 
22 
12 
28 
20 
25 
35 
25 
28 
18 
30 
42 
23 
25 
17 
37 
40 
35 
25 
92.7 
93.3 
18.3 
20.7 
36.2 
32.2 
