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Manitoba bee mortality down

Bee mortality in Manitoba varied greatly from region to region last winter, but most honey producers saw improvements

By Shannon VanRaes September 18, 2014

Despite the prolonged cold weather Manitoba endured last winter, bee mortality actually declined in the province. “We’re calling it a high normal,” said Rheal Lafreniere, Manitoba’s provincial apiarist. “When we take all the numbers that got reported to us, mortality came out to around 24 per cent.” Normal winterkill numbers fall between 15 and 25

Opinion

The neonic debate: science or sensationalism?

Laying the blame for a collection of environmental issues at the feet of a  single technology is very convenient, but hugely overly simplistic

By Pierre Petelle August 5, 2014

Bold, apocalyptic headlines make for great front-page news stories, there’s no question. Unfortunately, when it comes to highly complex and scientific issues, these kinds of headlines usually do a disservice to the topic at hand. Scientific research is filled with intricacies and rarely yields answers that can be conveyed in a single headline. Far too

News, Oilseeds

Neonic insecticides widespread in Iowa waters

Government researchers say the broad use of neonicotinoids  should be closely examined

By Carey Gillam August 5, 2014

A class of insecticides popular with corn and soybean farmers in the U.S. Midwest but feared as a factor in the decline of U.S. honeybee colonies and other crop pollinators, has been found to be widespread through rivers and streams in Iowa, according to a government study released July 24. The study, released by the

Crops

Bee foraging chronically impaired by pesticide exposure

Another study sheds light on why neonicotinoids and bees don’t mix

By University Of Guelph July 30, 2014

A RFID study co-authored by a University of Guelph scientist that involved fitting bumblebees with tiny radio frequency tags shows long-term exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide hampers bees’ ability to forage for pollen. The research by Nigel Raine, a professor in Guelph’s School of Environmental Sciences, and Richard Gill of Imperial College London was published

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Canola and bees

RecipeSwap: Muesli Muffins with Almonds and Cranberries, Avocado Honey Veggie Wraps, and a Powerhouse Green Smoothie

By Lorraine Stevenson June 13, 2014

The minister in church last Sunday whimsically described the sight of bees flitting through his apple trees as “what heaven must be like” during his sermon. When canola begins to flower across Western Canada, those vast fields of yellow flowers must look like heaven to a bee too. Canola growers and the Canadian Honey Council

Phil Veldhuis, Vona Guiler and their children Jayna and Timmy are this year’s Red River Exhibition Farm Family of the Year.

News

Honey farmers named Red River Ex Farm Family of the Year

Starbuck-area producers Phil Veldhuis and Vona Guiler embrace a modern model of Manitoba homesteading

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 12, 2014

Starbuck-area honey farmers Phil Veldhuis and Vona Guiler have been named the Red River Exhibition Association’s 2014 Farm Family of the Year. The couple, who with their children Timmy and Jayna operate Phil’s Honey, are the 49th Manitoba farm family to be honoured by the Red River Exhibition Association (RREA) since the award’s inception in

Did you know?, News

Wondering about the state of the environment?

Just eavesdrop as bees communicate with each other  on where to find the best eats

By Cell Press June 5, 2014

Researchers have been monitoring honeybee “waggle dances” to track where they find the best nectar and pollen and measure the benefits of biodiverse landscapes. The results reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology May 22 suggest that costly measures to set aside agricultural lands and let the wildflowers grow can be very beneficial to

Crops

Late corn planting sees more bees flying

Keeping bees at bay when it comes to corn planting isn’t always possible,  but good communication goes a long way

By Shannon VanRaes June 4, 2014

Manitoba corn growers and beekeepers have been meeting to talk about how to communicate better for the benefit of bees. The Manitoba Corn Growers Association invited members of the Manitoba Beekeeper’s Association to a spring board meeting, to discuss how to best protect honeybees from the pesticides used to coat corn seeds. “Both sides need

News & Opinion, Opinion

Thinking of bees

By Laura Rance-Unger May 26, 2014

Bees rank right up there with climate change these days for the volume of studies and stories that cross a farm newspaper editor’s desk. Sometimes the two are even linked, such as the prediction that Africanized honeybees, which can be fatally aggressive, will make their way north from the southern U.S. as median temperatures rise.

Crops

NFU sees moratorium on neonicotinoids

The Senate committee is studying the importance of bees to food production in Canada

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 14, 2014

The National Farmers Union (NFU) appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry May 1 to call for a five-year moratorium on the use of neonicotinoids on corn and soybeans in Ontario. The Senate committee is currently studying the importance of bees and bee health in the production of honey, food and seed

Daily Network News

Complexity of being a woman in farming can lead to mental, physical health risks

Federal gov. funds youth employment in agriculture, agri-food

Pulse Weekly: StatCan projects fewer pea and lentil acres

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Manitoba bee mortality down

The neonic debate: science or sensationalism?

Neonic insecticides widespread in Iowa waters

Bee foraging chronically impaired by pesticide exposure

Canola and bees

Honey farmers named Red River Ex Farm Family of the Year

Wondering about the state of the environment?

Late corn planting sees more bees flying

Thinking of bees

NFU sees moratorium on neonicotinoids

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