. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered as set'ond-class matter July 30, 1907, at the Post-Offlce at ChiuaKu, 111., under Act of March 3, 1H79.) Published Monthly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Company, 146 West Superior Street, GEORGE VV. YORK. Editor. DR. C. C. MILLER, Associate Editor. CHICAGO, ILL., AUGUST, 1910 VoL L--No. 8 /?= Editorial Notes and Comments The Houey Crop of lOlO It is doubtful if the present genera- tion of bee-keepers will ever experi- ence a year so difficult as the present in which to forecast what is likely to take place with regard to the honey
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered as set'ond-class matter July 30, 1907, at the Post-Offlce at ChiuaKu, 111., under Act of March 3, 1H79.) Published Monthly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Company, 146 West Superior Street, GEORGE VV. YORK. Editor. DR. C. C. MILLER, Associate Editor. CHICAGO, ILL., AUGUST, 1910 VoL L--No. 8 /?= Editorial Notes and Comments The Houey Crop of lOlO It is doubtful if the present genera- tion of bee-keepers will ever experi- ence a year so difficult as the present in which to forecast what is likely to take place with regard to the honey crop. At least this is true of a large portion of the country. Take North- ern Illinois. In April colonies were strong enough for the harvest, and with the abundant showing of clover there was every reason to expect a crop. Afterward came a long cold, wet spell, and in the first half of June the bees reached the point of starva- tion in many cases. Where the bee- keeper was not on the alert, if colo- nies did not actually starve, they were likely to stop all brood-rearing, mak- ing them too weak for the harvest. Then came another sudden change, and although it is almost unbelievable, by the of June second supers were given in some cases where only a week before it was necessary to feed. For perhaps about 3 weeks the flow con- tinued heavy, and the bee-keeper would have said, "There is every prospect that this will be the biggest year we have ; But by July 10th the' drouth got in its deadly work, and robbing be- came the order of the day. Whether in such an unguessable year the flow may start up again, giving finally a full crop, or whether the end has already been reached, with only half a crop, can only be told in the future. In a good many places the same state of affairs seems to have existed. R. L. Taylor, reporting from Michigan in Gleanings in Bee Culture, graph- ically expresses it by saying: ?' The bad weather of the last part of May and the first we
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