. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. t^ >i)( >ii^ >te >V. >iii<!!t/^ >te >^c ?xi*^ > \U. >i/. \*k >iK ^ OBSBRVAXIOXS AP^D EXPERIMENTS. Toronto Island—Queen-Rearing and Mating—Other Inter- esting Apiarian Matters. BY JOHN M'ARTHUR. Before going into details on queen-rearing, permit me to give a description of our lovely island. Toronto Island is a tract of land formed of sand washed up by the rivers— Niagara, Don and Humbee—situated in Lake Ontario directly in front of the city of Toronto, Ont., Canada, distant from main land two or more miles
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. t^ >i)( >ii^ >te >V. >iii<!!t/^ >te >^c ?xi*^ > \U. >i/. \*k >iK ^ OBSBRVAXIOXS AP^D EXPERIMENTS. Toronto Island—Queen-Rearing and Mating—Other Inter- esting Apiarian Matters. BY JOHN M'ARTHUR. Before going into details on queen-rearing, permit me to give a description of our lovely island. Toronto Island is a tract of land formed of sand washed up by the rivers— Niagara, Don and Humbee—situated in Lake Ontario directly in front of the city of Toronto, Ont., Canada, distant from main land two or more miles. It embraces 5,000 acres; width across 1% miles. Ten years ago it was a barren desert. Since then Toronto has doubled its population, which is now 188,000. A demand was made for more park accommodation, 300 acres being set apart for that purpose on the Island. Thousands of nectar-producing trees have been planted, clover grows luxuriantly, and yields nectar until the middle of September. The "desert "now " blossoms as the ; Thousands of citizens, and many United States people, visit the park during the summer months. It is one of the city's attractions. A great many summer residences occupy the south and west shores. The light-house, hospital for sick children, and Hanlan's hotel on the west, and Wiman's baths on the east, are points of attraction. No liquor is allowed to be sold. The city owns the island, and you are not allowed to put anything on the island without a permit— not even bees. Ferry boats run every half hour from Yonge, Brock and Church streets wharfs. Postal collections and deliveries are made twice daily ; it also has telephone connections. The attempt was made ten years ago to rear queens. Owing to its bareness it had it be abandoned. Then my attention was turned to the necessity of seeding the island, which has been going on ever since. During the last four years a small apiary has been maintained, last summer numbering 45
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