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Tables II and III a give additional data on distribution. 
Table II. — Number and value of swarms 1 of bees, June 1, 1900, on farms and ranges, by 
geographic divisions. 
Geographic division. 
Number of 
farms. 
Farms 
RMIOl 1- 
ing bees. 
Ter cent 
Of farms 
report- 
ing bees. 
Swarms 
of bees. 
Value of 
bees. 
The United State - 
5,739,657 
707,261 
12.3 
4, 109, 626 
$10,186,513 
North A (Ian lie 
677,506 
962. 212.-) 
2,196,567 
1,658,166 
242, 908 
2,285 
64, 110 
151,863 
233, 721 
225, 100 
32. 421 
46 
9.5 
15.8 
10. 6 
13.6 
13.3 
2.0 
413. 709 
854. 909 
1,187,856 
1, 289, 384 
362, 381 
1,387 
1,370,732 
1,664,636 
North Central 
3,505,675 
South Centra] 
2,513,397 
1, 123, 647 
8,426 
i The word "swarms" used in census reports evidently should be "colonies." 
Table III.— Pounds and value of honey and wax produced on farms and ranges in 1899, 
with averages per farm reporting, by geographic divisions. 
Geographic: division. 
Honey. 
Wax. 
Value of honey and 
wax. 
Total. 
Average 
per farm. 
Total. 
Average 
per farm. 
Total. 
Average 
per farm. 
The United States. . 
Pounds. 
61,196,160 
Pounds. 
86.5 
Pounds. 
1,765,315 
Pounds. 
2.5 
$6, 664, 904 
$9.42 
North Atlantic 
6, 855, 027 " 
9, 468, 843 
20,055,502 
14,849,824 
9, 870, 094 
96, 870 
106.9 
62.4 
85:8 
66.0 
304.4 
2, 105. 9 
182,819 
379, 192 
396,604 
588, 960 
216,020 
1,720 
2.9 
2.5 
1.7 
2.6 
6.7 
•37.4 
801,147 
1,029,233 
2,353,001 
1,553,141 
920,089 
8,293 
12.50 
6.78 
10.07 
South Central 
6.90 
28.38 
Alaska and Hawaii 
180. 28 
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Taking the number of farms keeping bees as the basis, the five most important 
bee-keeping States, June 1, 1900, were Texas, with 60,043 farms reporting; Kentucky, 
with 44,974; Missouri, with 41,145; North Carolina, with 41,051; aad Tennessee, with 
38,225. 
Taking the number of swarms, or colonies, of bees as the basis, the five leading 
States were Texas, with 392,644; North Carolina, 244,539; Tennessee, 225,788; Alabama, 
205,369; and Missouri, 205,110. Of the States included in the series given first, Texas, 
Missouri, Tennessee, and North Carolina are found in the second. 
Taking the value of the bees as the basis of classification, the five leading States 
were Texas, with $749,483; New York, $593,784; Pennsylvania, $531,578; Kentucky, 
$527,098; and Missouri, $508,217. 
The five greatest producers of honey in 1899 were Texas, with 4,780,204 pounds; 
California, 3,667,738; New York, 3,422,497; Missouri, 3,018,929; and Illinois, 2,961,080. 
California, which has not been included in any of the preceding classifications, here 
stands second. 
Of the States producing wax, Alabama led with 162,020 pounds; Texas was second, 
with L59,690; North Carolina third, with 135,920; California fourth, with 115,330; 
and New York fifth, with 84,075.'; 
^Twelfth ( Casus of the United States, 1900, Vol. V, Agriculture, Part I, p. cexxxiii. 
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