A diverse group of corporate entities join together with beekeepers as the Honey Bee Health Coalition
A Manitoba beekeeper is out thousands of dollars after his bees were the target of truly poisonous wrath
Bee mortality in Manitoba varied greatly from region to region last winter, but most honey producers saw improvements
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With the Canadian border closed to U.S. honeybee imports, Manitoba honey producers are relying on overseas shipments to rebuild hives
Manitoba’s beekeepers are feeling the sting of high winter losses, coupled with the pain and expense of overseas bee imports. Early reports indicate average bee loss across the province is above the 30 per cent mark, with some apiarists losing as many as 80 per cent of their hives. “We don’t have a lot ofGovernment issues list of 25 best practices to lower the risk of contamination instead of following Europe’s lead and banning neonicotinoid insecticides
Another round of “bee incidents” last year has prompted Health Canada to issue an updated list of mitigation measures to corn farmers who may have inadvertently killed the pollinators. A severe death rate during planting season in 2012 has been linked to a dry spell and widespread use of nitro-guanidine neonicotinoid insecticides on corn seed.A decade ago, there were just 5,000 hives in the entire nation, but now honey production and demand for beekeeping training is soaring
Only a few years ago beekeeping wasn’t even recognized by the Philippine Department of Agriculture. Now it’s having trouble keeping up with demand for training. The change is partly due to the efforts of a group of Manitoba apiarists who have been visiting the Philippines in recent winters, while also inviting beekeepers from the SouthProvince is seeking an emergency-use registration for strychnine, as skunks continue to target honeybees
Not everyone prefers honey. Some critters go straight for the honeybees, and that’s causing major headaches for beekeepers. Skunks have the process of luring and eating adult bees down to a science, said David Ostermann, a pollination apiarist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. “The skunks will actually go to the front of the
