Canada’s beekeepers say the stubborn flow of adulterated honey hasn’t gone away, and it risks compromising both domestic honey producers and crop pollination.
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Beekeepers call foul on fake honey
Canada’s beekeepers say the stubborn flow of adulterated honey hasn’t gone away, and it risks compromising both domestic honey producers and crop pollination
Manitoba Co-operator top 25 of 2025
The Manitoba Co-operator is counting down our 25 most popular stories of 2025. Here’s a taste so far, from trade woes to new insight on Manitoba’s wild pig problem
Tougher antibiotic rules linked to bee death rise
Canada tightened farmer access to livestock antibiotics, honeybees included, in 2018; new research suggests that beekeepers may be losing more bees because of it
New research from University of Guelph shows honeybee deaths went up as antibiotic usage went down following Canada’s adoption of tighter rules, part of the effort against antimicrobial resistance.
Deadline looming on expanded winter bee loss insurance
Manitoba is giving beekeepers a more generous winter loss insurance package this year following a string of poor bee survival years
Manitoba is giving beekeepers a more generous winter loss insurance package in 2025, following a string of poor bee survival years. They have until Sept. 2 to take advantage.
Manitoba updates bee mortality insurance for 2025
2025 will be the first year a beekeeper’s winter bee loss insurance will be based on all their overwintered hives, up from 90 per cent
After another winter of high honeybee death, 2025 will be the first time a beekeeper’s bee loss insurance will be based on all their overwinter hives in Manitoba.
Mapping tool to stop accidental spray damage now available across Prairies
Organic farmers and beekeepers hope FieldWatch can prevent costly spray drift accidents — but buy-in is still building
FieldWatch mapping platform aims to drop accidental spray damage. It’s been available to Saskatchewan farmers and aerial applicators since 2012 and is now available in Manitoba and Alberta.
Wildfire smoke threatens to turn down honey tap for Manitoba beekeepers
Honeybees hunker down when there’s too much smoke in the air, slicing at a beekeeper’s honey flow —In Manitoba, there’s been a lot of wildfire smoke lately to contend with
Honeybees hunker down when there’s too much smoke in the air, slicing at a beekeeper’s honey flow —With so many fires raging in Manitoba, there’s been a lot of smoke to contend with.
A Canadian idea to save the bees
ApiSave could reduce bee death and act as a new pesticide against foulbrood and varroa mites, the company says, but it has to pass registration in Canada first.
Canada’s beekeepers are losing hives to issues like foulbrood and varroa mites. A B.C. company hopes their product, ApiSave, will help turn the tide for Canadian honeybees.
B.C. company pitches bee health tool
ApiSave says product will boost bee immunity to overcome health challenges
Honeybee hive loss has been a problem for Canadian beekeepers. B.C. company ApiSave thinks their bee health product could help make more robust, resilient bees.
COMMENT: How honeybees can help us monitor pollution across Canada
The honey produced by the tireless work of the honeybee is nothing short of an untapped goldmine of environmental data that could help us better understand the spread of environmental pollutants.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
