HONEYBEES AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 
Table I. — Honeybees in the United States — Continued. 
Number of colonies 
V of bees on farms 
(United States 
census). 
June 1, 
1900. 
Apr. 15, 
1910. 
Spring count of colonies, year stated, in per 
cent of previous year. (Report May 1.) 
1914 
com- 
pared 
with 
the 
usual 
number 
in pre- 
vious 
years. 
1914 
com- 
with 
1913. 
1915 
com- 
pared 
with 
1914. 
1916 
com- 
pared 
with 
1915. 
Number. 
100,397 
106, 090 
45, 877 
138, 811 
205, 110 
279 
2,063 
52, 143 
88, 594 
203, 820 
225, 788 
205,369 
95, 257 
35, 231 
392,644 
1 20, 137 
111, 138 
1,801 
1,020 
59, 756 
6, 164 
18,991 
33, 818 
5,692 
19,240 
30, 870 
55, 585 
129,444 
Number. 
115, 274 
95,638 
56, 677 
160, 025 
203, 569 
495 
6,565 
45, 625 
73, 737 
152, 991 
144,481 
135, 140 
74, 350 
29,591 
238, 107 
19,413 
92,731 
6,313 
4, 596 
71,434 
10, 052 
23, 770 
26, 185 
8,401 
21,903 
33, 884 
47,285 
201,023 
Per 
cent. 
101 
100 
100 
105 
90 
110 
105 
95 
85 
115 
100 
105 
94 
93 
115 
107 
99 
120 
106 
115 
110 
115 
110 
110 
150 
108 
110 
85 
Per 
cent. 
103 
105 
105 
115 
93 
105 
115 
97 
90 
110 
115 
105 
95 
110 
100 
110 
110 
120 
115 
110 
105 
105 
130 
105 
108 
Per 
cent. 
104 
103 
102 
125 
120 
101 
115 
110 
105 
100 
105 
103 
98 
110 
Per 
cent. 
101 
115 
117 
115 
120 
120 
150 
108 
105 
80 
105 
103 
105 
94 
103 
102 
112 
112 
103 
108 
108 
98 
105 
115 
100 
95 
104 
United States... 4,108,239 
3,445,006 
100.4 
104. 2 101. 4 
102. < 
1 Includes Indian Territory. 
