. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. MR. VERRET IN HIS .\PIARY IN" SUBURB OF QUEBEC-Photo by Miss I. Renaud. A VIEW OF THE VERRET APIARY AND BEE HOUSE Photo'tby Miss Renaud.) Note the hieh board fence required when close to neiebbors eastern confines of lower Quebec. So useful are they, that the Secretary of Agriculture of the Province has ap- propriated $.500 to i)ay for half the cost of queens purchased by the apiarists who apply to him. The on- ly trouble has been that this sum proved altogether insufficient to pro- vide as many queens as were desired and they are in hopes that t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. MR. VERRET IN HIS .\PIARY IN" SUBURB OF QUEBEC-Photo by Miss I. Renaud. A VIEW OF THE VERRET APIARY AND BEE HOUSE Photo'tby Miss Renaud.) Note the hieh board fence required when close to neiebbors eastern confines of lower Quebec. So useful are they, that the Secretary of Agriculture of the Province has ap- propriated $.500 to i)ay for half the cost of queens purchased by the apiarists who apply to him. The on- ly trouble has been that this sum proved altogether insufficient to pro- vide as many queens as were desired and they are in hopes that the appro- priation may be doubled or trebled, hereafter. We spent two days at Charltsbourg, getting acquainted with the French Canadians. They raise large families and I was told that the population doubles every 20 years, which com- pels the young generations to make new settlements in the Far West, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. The mother of our friend had had 14 children, 44 grandchildren and told us, as to the great-grand- children, that she was making no at- tempts to keep tally on them. No danger of the race becoming extinct. Reaching St-Francois-Du-Lac, by way of Montreal, we were welcomed by Dr. Comire, who took great pleas- ure in making us acquainted with everything that might interest us, while his wife and daughter showed us as much hospitality as we had met with the wife and mother of Mr. Ver- ret. Without any hope of reward, except the satisfaction of helping bee cul- ture, Dr. Comire has freely spent time nnd money to organize the Provincial Beekeepers' Association, to secure statistical information and to spread knowledge of progressive methods among the beekeeping farmers. That he has succeeded is shown by the strong attendance at the Montreal meeting, about 150. Since everybody speaks French, the meetings were held in the French language. I was selected as one of the judges of the honey exhibit. I had noticed that the numerous displays were excee
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