tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833399397730709998.post7384918828590925015..comments2023-06-29T04:04:58.870-04:00Comments on Green Tenant: Seedlings, chickens, bees and the cityCraig Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06817799818800282162noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833399397730709998.post-86984020921450274712009-05-04T13:30:00.000-04:002009-05-04T13:30:00.000-04:00My late father got his bees through the mail. When...My late father got his bees through the mail. When his first bees died from some virus or other, he got his next family by mail too. Fortunately the folks had a lot of empty acres.<br /><br />An article in this weekend's Toronto Star was talking about converting part of a small park to an urban orchard. You do need plenty of bees for this, though.KarenInTohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14425274066985868058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833399397730709998.post-66192315771269922672009-04-30T07:55:00.000-04:002009-04-30T07:55:00.000-04:00I honestly know nothing about the legality of mail...I honestly know nothing about the legality of mailing bees. For some reason, it has me wondering what it would be like to go through airport security with 'em: "Um, sir... your bag appears to be buzzing."<br /><br />And I have no doubt that there are rogue apiarists in Toronto and elsewhere. Sort of like the "poules clandestines," eh? <br /><br />One can get away with many activities if one has aCraig Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817799818800282162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833399397730709998.post-34568080268826881302009-04-29T23:03:00.000-04:002009-04-29T23:03:00.000-04:00On the plus sidem I am told that it *is* legal to ...On the plus sidem I am told that it *is* legal to send bees through the mail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833399397730709998.post-38948023343994382792009-04-29T19:45:00.000-04:002009-04-29T19:45:00.000-04:00I read something about rogue urban beekeepers in T...I read something about rogue urban beekeepers in Toronto, where people do it where they know a blind eye will be turned. They're out there; just "underground."Kristen Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896510789882275550noreply@blogger.com