ENOUGH ALREADY! With many areas of Manitoba experiencing too much rain this summer, the bees had to make up for lost time whenever the sun finally did come out.
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Readers’ Photos – for Oct. 1, 2009
Bee Stings Top Concern Among Public
“How does anything survive on that kind of a schedule? That’s not the way to keep bees, I don’t think.” – MURRAY COX Do you get stung a lot? That’s the question asked by 95 per cent of the public who stop in to check out the beekeeping display at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair.
Beekeepers Urge Restraint When Spraying Sunflowers
Manitoba honey producers have launched an awareness campaign to protect their bees from friendly fire coming off sunflower fields. The Manitoba Beekeepers Association is asking sunflower growers to use only certain insecticides when spraying for insect pests so as to avoid harming foraging honeybees. A resolution adopted by the MBA at its annual meeting last
Flowers might perk up ailing honeybees
Honeybees, whose numbers are falling, must be given flowery “recovery zones” in Europe’s farmlands to aid their survival, a leading EU lawmaker said Nov. 19. Bees pollinate numerous crops and scientists have expressed alarm over their mysterious and rapid decline. Experts have warned that a drop in the bee population could harm agriculture. “If we
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