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.
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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.
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.
The wild side of pollination
More is better when it comes to bee diversity: researcher
Flowering plants have developed a few ways to move their pollen around, and thus protect their genetic diversity. Many grasses are wind-pollinated and, as a backup for their long-shot pollination method, can self-pollinate to bring about the next generation. If you’re a broadleaf plant, you’re likely putting animals to work, whether that’s birds, insects or
Comment: Bee clustering knowledge based on faulty guidance
Honeybees cluster together when it’s cold but we’ve been completely wrong about why
Honeybees in human-made hives may have suffered the cold unnecessarily for over a century because commercial hive designs are based on erroneous science. For 119 years, a belief that the way honeybees cluster together provides a kind of evolutionary insulation has been fundamental for beekeeping practice, hive design and honeybee study. In the modern day,
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American foulbrood vaccine gets Canadian green light
Producers will be able to get the vaccine in spring 2024
Canadian beekeepers are about to have the first vaccine for their stock. “It’s very exciting,” said Canadian Honey Council hive health specialist Osee Podolsky. The new vaccine targets American foulbrood, a spore-producing bacterial disease that gets its name from the unpleasant smell in infected hives. The disease is serious enough that standard industry practice for most symptomatic colonies is
AgriRecovery feed, freight, breeding herd aid set for Alberta, Saskatchewan, B.C.
Feds, provinces announce combined $365 million in aid programs
The federal and Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia governments are jointly putting up $365 million to support ranchers and farmers up against this summer’s drought and wildfire damage. The feds on Friday announced their 60 per cent, or $219 million, share of AgriRecovery program funding for the three westernmost provinces. “I’ve had the opportunity to
Chile’s bees devastated by floods after fires
Reuters – Extreme weather events in Chile, including major recent floods and wildfires earlier this year, are devastating colonies of the humble bee, a key pollinator for crops of avocados and almonds in one of the global South’s key food-producing countries. Heavy rainfall has caused floods that have blocked roads and prompted evacuations in the
AgriRecovery announced for honey sector
Beekeepers who suffered heavy losses during winter 2021-22 have until Aug. 31 to apply
Manitoba’s beekeepers will be getting funds to rebuild after suffering devastating winter losses last year. An industry push for financial aid bore fruit June 20 when the province and federal government announced the Canada-Manitoba Bee Mortality Assistance Program, provided through AgriRecovery. The program has earmarked up to $7.5 million to ease rebuilding costs, according to
Comment: Australia in unique position to eliminate varroa mite
The parasite is a scourge to the North American honey sector, but Down Under, the pest is still new
Last year, varroa mites reached Australia. The parasites are notorious in beekeeping circles, and an established population would have significant implications for agricultural food security in Australia, as honeybees are vital for the pollination of many crops. But while Australia is the last continent to be invaded by the mite, it has an opportunity to
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