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Table V. — Honeybees: Winter losses, causes and percentages of — Continued. 
Causes and percentages of winter losses. 
State. 
Queen lost or 
failing. 
Starvation. 
Cold, exposure, 
smothering. 
Moths and 
ants. 
1914- 
15 
1915- 
16 
1916- 
17 
1914- 
15 
1915- 
16 
1916- 
17 
1914- 
15 
1915- 
16 
1916- 
17 
191i- 
15 
1915- 
16 
1916- 
17 
Oklahoma 
P.ct. 
1.0 
P.ct. 
0.2 
3.5 
.5 
2.0 
2.0 
2.2 
.5 
2.5 
P.ct. 
1.0 
1.1 
1.9 
.5 
2.0 
1.6 
.9 
.7 
P.ct. 
1.0 
25.0 
P.ct. 
5.6 
8.0 
.5 
1.0 
2.0 
.2 
5.0 
1.3 
P.ct. 
3.6 
8.8 
1.3 
.4 
.7 
2.2 
2.3 
.8 
P.ct. 
2.4 
P.ct. 
2.0 
.1 
22.1 
1.0 
2.5 
.6 
P. ct. 
0.7 
1.9 
15.8 
13.0 
8.7 
1.9 
P.ct. 
P.ct. 
3.0 
3.0 
P.ct. 
0.7 
.9 
1.7 
2.3 
1.7 
1.5 
4.8 
17.4 
.5 
Colorado 
1.4 
1.1 
.1 
Arizona 
Utah 
1.0 
4.9 
19.9 
14.7 
24.6 
1.3 
11.7 
1.2 
Nevada 
Idaho 
2.6 
.9 
2.2 
2.5 
2.1 
1.5 
1.2 
3.0 
.9 
.8 
.6 
2.5 
.2 
.2 
4.0 
4.0 
2.0 
1.0 
.4 
3.5 
1.2 
2.4 
.2 
16.9 
1.0 
8.4 
13.0 
.8 
Washington 
.2 
.3 
1.0 
.2 
.1 
California 
.1 
U. S. average. . . 
1.5 
1.8 
1.7 
3.2 
6.0 
2.7 
.9 
1.7 
2.4 
.3 
1.1 
.3 
Causes and percentages of winter 
State. 
Foul brood and 
other diseases. 
Poor honey, 
dysentery. 
Late and weak 
swarms. 
1914- 
15 
1915- 
16 
1916- 
17 
1914- 
15 
1915- 
16 
1916- 
17 
1914- 
15 
1915- 
16 
1916- 
17 
Maine 
P. ct. 
P.ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
0.5 
.4 
P.ct. 
P.ct. 
P. ct. 
0.2 
.2 
.8 
.3 
.... 
12.0 
2.1 
.2 
0.3 
.3 
2.7 
.5 
0.1 
11.1 
Massachusetts 
0.8 
Connecticut 
3.0 
.1 
.1 
.6 
3.2 
1.7 
1.1 
9.4 
.5 
1.8' 
.3 
.2 
.1 
1.3 
6.4 
1.5 
2.7 
0.1 
2.0 
3.0 
Pennsylvania 
.4 
.6 
1.3 
1.0 
1.9 
.7 
.8 
.9 
1.7 
3.7 
1.3 
5.7 
.2 
1.0 
1.5 
.1 
1.6 
.2 
1.1 
.7 
1.4 
1.4 

Virginia 
.1 
.3 
1.0 
.5 
.2 
TCorth Carolina 
.5 
.4 
.4 
2.0 
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