. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W T FALCONER MANPG CO. VOL. I. NOVEMBER, 1891. NO. II. Apiculture in Canada. BY ALLEN PKJNGLE. Ontario is the banner province of the Dominion in apiculture, as well as in everything else. Quebec is back- ward in this as in other things, and izalion, legally incorporated, and re- ceives an annual government grant, which enables it to do much towards the development of bee culture in the province. But the industry recently found itself seriously menanced by the lower provinces are far behind the prevalence of foul brood in s
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W T FALCONER MANPG CO. VOL. I. NOVEMBER, 1891. NO. II. Apiculture in Canada. BY ALLEN PKJNGLE. Ontario is the banner province of the Dominion in apiculture, as well as in everything else. Quebec is back- ward in this as in other things, and izalion, legally incorporated, and re- ceives an annual government grant, which enables it to do much towards the development of bee culture in the province. But the industry recently found itself seriously menanced by the lower provinces are far behind the prevalence of foul brood in some Ontario in honey production and pro- gressive bee culture. British Colum- bia is rather better. As for the great North West its possibilities in bee culture, as well as other things, are before it. With the abundant and widely diffused flora it must ultimate- ly become the home of the honey bee. While in Manitoba and some of tl^1 other provinces ihe length and sever- ity of the winters will he the chief draw-back for a while, that will eventually be overcome, as the win- of the best honey portions of the province. To remove this evil we sought and obtained from the legisla- ture an "Act for the suppression of four brood among bees," under the provisions of which we have a foul brood inspector and sub inspector appointed by the Ontario Association, but paid by the government. With such facilities the disease will speedi- ly be under control, if not entirely suppressed. The honey of Ontario is not only tering problem is now being success- unsurpassed in quality, as wasderuon- fully solved. strated by her magnificent exhibit a The number of bee-keepers in this year ago at the Indian and Colonial province of Ontario is roughly esti- exhibition in London, England, but is inaled at to 75,000. Compar- abundant in quantity. No matter atively few of these, however, are ad- what the failures elsewhere may be, vanced and progressive apiarists. The we have a crop, for
Size: 2530px × 988px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbeeculture, bookyear1
