HOliTEYBEES Am) HOIsTEY PRODUCTION. 19 
Table V. — Honeybees: Winter losses, causes and percentages o/— Continued. 
State. 
Causes and percentages of winter losses. 
Lack of yoxmg 
bees. 
Miscellaneous 
and unknown. 
Total loss of 
colonies. 
1914- 
15 
1915- 
16 
1916- 
17 
1914- 
15 
1915- 
16 
1916- 
17 
1914- 
15 
1915- 
16 
1916- 
17 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
0. 3 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
0.2 
P. ct. 
2.1 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
9.5 
12.0 
9.0 
23.0 
19.0 
22.0 
15.0 
25.0 
17.0 
14.0 
19.0 
19.2 
14.7 
17.0 
11.2 
10.1 
11.7 
16.6 
17.4 
10.7 
16.0 
14.4 
10.0 
10.8 
12.6 
8.0 
15.7 
16.1 
11.9 
10.9 
20.9 
11.7 
7.9 
10.4 
8.0 
11.4 
15.7 
24.1 
5.7 
11.2 
P.ct. 
6.8 
17.5 
15.2 
12.1 
2.3 
5.9 
8.2 
10.6 
11.8 
17.3 
6.3 
10.7 
8.8 
15.5 
13.5 
4.7 
5.0 
10.7 
9.7 
6.7 
10.2 
10.0 
12.6 
10.6 
7.9 
5.3 
13.5 
12.5 
8.1 
14.0 
5.9 
7.6 
7.1 
14.5 
6.0 
7.5 
13.2 
22.7 
20.0 
14.3 
New Hampshire 
Vermont . . 
7.6 
LO 
2.1 
2.8 
11.0 
13.7 
Massactiusetts . 
.8 
0.7 
Rhode Island . 
1.0 
.2 
.5 
2.0 
1.7 
1.0 
2.5 
1.0 
.5 
.2 
Connecticut 
.7 
1.9 
.7 
.7 
2.3 
.3 
.9 
.7 
2.2 
16.0 
19.8 
6.1 
15.7 
New York 
1.4 
. 1 
_ I 
2.1 
.5 
5.9 
New Jersey 
1.3 
.2 
Pennsylvania 
.4 
Delaware 
Maryland 
1.1 
.4 
11.4 
11.2 
5.7 
5.1 
13.1 
14.7 
8.4 
16.1 
10.8 
11.3 
10.7 
5.4 
16.5 
13.0 
31.0 
. 3 
4.1 
West Virginia . 
North Carolina 
South Carolina. . 
Georgia 
.1 
3.8 
.1 
1.1 
.1 
. 6 
.6 
.5 
1.1 
23.4 
.7 
.5 
2.0 
2.5 
L5 
.2 
1.0 
1.3 
1.6 
1.2 
2.4 
1.5 
1.7 
.8 
.4 
1.8 
1.5 
1.6 
.7 
1.6 
.2 
Florida 
Ohio 
5.5 
1.7 
.3 
.7 
.6 
.4 
Illinois . . 
Michigan 
3 
.2 
.4 
.5 
Wisconsin 
Miimesota 
.5 
.6 
.5 
.7 
1.2 
.8 
1.0 
Iowa 
2.0 
Missouri 
North Dakota 
South Dakota 
Nebraska 
.8 
.1 
.6 
.1 
.1 
.8 
3.6 
.1 
1.7 
.5 
5.8 
7.1 
3.0 
2.5 
1.5 
.7 
2.0 
.4 
1.4 
1.0 
.1 
.3 
1.0 
7.8 
16.8 
7.4 
9.5 
8.9 
17.3 
23.2 
7.7 
7.1 
15.4 
25.0 
Kansas 
Kentucky 
Tennessee 
Alabama 
.2 
Mississippi 
Louisiana 
8.0 
.1 
1.4 
.6 
Texas 
Oklahoma 
1.5 
.6 
8.7 
Arkansas 
.7 
.5 
4.9 
19.1 
10.5 
1.1 
.1 
.3 
2.3 
