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BULLETIX 325, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 
Table 4. — Form of honey produced, 'percentage used locally and that sold to outside 
markets, losses of colonies during season from disease, and strength of colonies on Sept. 
1.1915. 
„ 
Torm 
12 
of honey produced. 
13 
Disposition. 
14 
Colo- 
nies 
lost 
from 
disease. 
1915. 
15 
Strength 
of 
colonies 
Sept. 1, 
com- 
pared 
State. 
(a) 
Comb in 
sections. 
(6) 
Extracted. 
(c) 
Bulk comb 
"chunk." 
(a) 
Used 
lo- 
cally. 
(&) 
Out- 
side 
mar- 
kets. 
1915 
1914 
1915 
1914 
1915 
1914 
normal. 
P.ct. 
80 
85 
90 
87 
20 
61 
61 
77 
60 
60 
85 
75 
P.ct. 
80 
""66" 
67 
5 
48 
47 
25 
65 
69 
87 
57 
45 
28 
11 
66 
52 
42 
56 
41 
36 
56 
32 
P.ct. 
17 
15 
8 
13 
80 
29 
39 
23 
30 
30 
10 
13 
""l7" 
30 
16 
45 
32 
21 
65 
46 
57 
45 
40 
37 
P.ct. 
15 
"'2S' 
32 
95 
47 
50 
75 
29 
22 
12 
38 
30 
33 
88 
32 
36 
56 
43 
58 
63 
42 
38 
P. ct. 
3 

2 


10 


10 
10 
5 
12 
"""49" 
30 
44 

3 
15 
1 


5 
2 
29 
P.ct. 
5 
P.ct. 
75 
P.ct. 
25 
P. ct. 
5.0 

2.0 
1.0 
1.0 
2 
'.9 
5.0 
4.0 

.8 
2.3 
P.ct. 
88 
100 
6 
0.7 

5 
3 

6 
5 
94 
100 
83 
45 
96 
75 
95 
6 

17 
55 
4 
25 
110 
Massachusetts 1 
105 
Ehode Island ! 
105 
97 
104 
94 
95 
100 
Maryland 
9 
1 
5 
25 
39 
1 
2 
12 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
30 
80 
75 
20 
25 
105 
103 
34 
40 
40 
55 
65 
64 
34 
54 
43 
50 
58 
34 
51 
98 
75 
42 
75 
97 
59 
54 
58 
55 
65 
95 
49 
2 
25 
58 
25 
3 
41 
46 
42 
45 
35 
5 

.4 
1.0 

2.0 
1.5 
2.0 
2.0 
1.5 
.1 
2.0 
2.4 
101 
South Carolina 
98 
94 
Florida 1 „-. 
80 
Ohio 
95 
Indiana 
100 
96 
Michigan 
Wisconsin 
Minnesota i 
96 
97 
106 
102 
Missouri 
102 
North Dakota l 
South Dakota 
62 
36 
65 
45 
22 
32 
19 
10 
1 
37 
28 
70 
97 
70 
5 
10 
15 
43 
67 
49 
31 
34 
49 

4 
36 
25 
""92" 
67 
31 
6 
17 
30 
63 
25 
50 
28 
42 
41 
80 
52 
15 
32 
27 
3 
30 
85 
90 
85 
22 
42 
28 
33 
23 
41 
26 
100 
51 
17 
15 
...„. 
30 
61 
94 
83 
8 
1 
10 
5 
50 
26 
40 
10 
47 
48 
40 
3 


10 


1 
15 
5 
18 
46 
25 
25 

45 
47 
60 
...... 
3 
8 


85 
64 
99 
33 
88 
55 
71 
35 
35 
99 
92 
67 
6 
23 
42 
36 
32 
15 
36 
1 
67 
12 
45 
29 
65 
65 
1 
8 
33 
94 
58 
64 
68 
2.0 
. 5.0 
.1 
1.0 


1.0 

.5 
.3 

3.0 
.3 
2.0 
1.4 
1.0 
4.0 
103 
Nebraska * 
100 
99 
Kentuckv 
98 
89 
Alabama 
95 
94 
Louisiana l 
100 
Texas 
95 
Oklahoma x 
100 
94 
95 
"Wvoming l 
100 
Colorado 
89 
New Mexico 
95 
96 
Utah i 
95 
Idaho 1 
60 
32 
48 
17 
47 
46 
64 
18 
37 
68 
52 
82 
51 
54 
34 
79 
3 


1 
2 

2 
3 
23 
54 
92 
13 
46 
8 
87 
5.0 
2.0 

4.5 
101 
95 
90 
California 
97 
United States average 
40.7 
41.7 
41.3 
42.1 
18.1 
16.2 
60.8 
39.2 
1.5 
97.3 
Not enough reports for fully dependable averages. 
WASHINGTON' : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 191; 
