Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1891 — About Bees. [ARTICLE]

About Bees.

The largest beekeeper in the world is Mr. Harbison, of California, who has 6,000 hives, producing 200,000 pounds of honey yearly. In Greece there are 30,000 hives, producing 3,000,000 pounds of honey; in Denmark 80,000, producing 8,000,000; in Russia 110,000, producing the same; in Belgium 200,000, producing 5,000,000 pounds; in Holland 24 ,000, producing 6,000,000 pounds; in France 950,000, producing 23,000,000 pound-; in Germany 1.450,000, and in Austria 1,550,000, each producing 40,000,000 pounds of honey. But in the United States there are 2,800,000 hives, belonging to 70,000 beekeepers, and producing 62,000,000 pounds of honey yearly.