22 BULLETIN 685;, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGKICULTUBE. 
Table VI. — Honey production: Annual yields per colony — Continued. 
State, 
1899 
1 
1909 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
Aver- 
age 5 
years, 
1913-17. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Michigan. 
21 
22 
50 
37 
50 
65 
43 
49 
Wisconsin 
25 
23 
60 
40 
63 
69 
56 
58 
Minnesota 
22 
17 
60 
35 
51 
5/ 
00 
Oil 
Iowa 
17 
15 
65 
25 
66 
82 
46 
57 
Missouri 
15 
10 
30 
8 
35 
75 
26 
35 
North Dakota 
27 
22 
72 
40 
95 
69 
South Dakota 
24 
21 
50 
25 
48 
84 
53 
52 
17 
12 
50 
30 
51 
96 
49 
55 
13 
8 
25 
20 
35 
60 
46 
37 
Kentucky 
13 
10 
40 
25 
40 
53 
57 
43 
Tennessee 
11 
10 
30 
28 
25 
31 
29 
29 
Alabama 
9 
7 
35 
28 
39 
48 
35 
37 
11 
8 
35 
33 
29 
31 
o4 
Louisiana 
12 
11 
35 
35 
30 
42 
52 
39 
Texas 
12 
13 
35 
55 
37 
45 
12 
37 
Oklahoma 
9 
7 
35 
25 
29 
39 
36 
33 
13 
10 
30 
20 
25 
zy 
66 
07 
Montana 
11 
26 
35 
62 
63 
65 
95 
64 
19 
30 
75 
70 
50 
60 
89 
69 
Colorado 
29 
32 
60 
43 
36 
68 
46 
51 
23 
44 
50 
55 
40 
oy 
9Q 
40 
Arizona 
49 
43 
70 
60 
70 
55 
65 
64 
Utah. 
38 
43 
70 
65 
57 
33 
106 
66 
31 
42 
75 
40 
90 
60 
44 
62 
20 
46 
55 
56 
70 
50 
72 
61 
Washington 
17 
15 
45 
40 
57 
45 
61 
50 
Oregon. 
18 
18 
40 
35 
35 
30 
58 
40 
28 
51 
36 
75 
72 
62 
57 
60 
United States 
14.9 
1 
15.9 
40.6 
32.2 
42.3 
52.8 
40.3 
41.6 
YIELDS OF HONEY PER COLONY. 
Dividing the total production of honey for the years 1899 
and 1909 by the numbers of colonies of bees at the beginning 
of the seasons of 1900 and 19 10, respectively, using in both 
cases figures reported by the United States Census, we 
secure approximate yields for the two years of about 15 and 
16 pounds, respectively. But the yields thus deduced are 
much below the facts. The census enumerators have diffi- 
culty in securing figures for production in a previous year 
because many people have failed to keep records, or because 
