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There’s a program to assist commercial Manitoba Beekeepers improve biosecurity and reduce bee disease, Manitoba Agriculture’s Rheal Lafreniere told honey producers June 16 during an event at Steppler Farms near Deerwood.

Biosecurity, disease reduction program for commercial Manitoba beekeepers

This aid under the Ag Action Manitoba Program for Farmers might be short lived

By Allan Dawson July 5, 2018

It may be a case of use it or lose it for Manitoba’s beekeepers. They’re being urged to apply now for help under a cost-sharing program that’s aimed at commercial beekeepers trying to control diseases which may only be available this year. “There is a maximum of $3,500 in the program,” Rheal Lafreniere, Manitoba Agriculture’s

Local news, Other

VIDEO: Bees “bee-have” to form bee beard

By Allan Dawson June 22, 2018

Ian Steppler, who runs the honey production part of Steppler Farms, ‘grew’ a bee beard with the help of his assistant, Carrie Martindale, to the delight of 117 beekeepers attending an event put on in co-operation with the Manitoba Beekeepers Association. Video footage recorded June 16, 2018 at Steppler Farms, near Deerwood, Man. Video editing

Crops

EU nations back ban on all outdoor neonic use

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop April 27, 2018

Brussels | Reuters — European Union countries backed a proposal on Friday to ban all use outdoors of insecticides known as neonicotinoids that studies have shown can harm bees. The ban, championed by environmental activists, covers the use of three active substances — imidacloprid, developed by Bayer CropScience; clothianidin, developed by Takeda Chemical Industries and

News

Health Canada proposes some neonic restrictions

By Alex Binkley January 9, 2018

Health Canada is proposing some restrictions on the use of three neonic pesticides for horticultural production but they would still be registered for use on field crops such as corn and soybeans. Meanwhile the department will continue working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California on the impact of the pesticides

Crops

Two neonics set for three-year extensions on registration

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 23, 2017

Health Canada’s pesticide regulator proposes to allow continued registration for two members of the neonicotinoid family of pesticides, both of which are under heavy scrutiny for their effects on bees and other pollinators. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency on Tuesday issued proposed decisions on clothianidin and thiamethoxam that would extend the products’ existing conditional registrations

Bees and other beneficial insects could some day benefit from new pyrethroid pesticide research.

Did you know?, News

Spare the bees

New research may make for better-targeted pesticides that do their job but don’t hurt beneficial insects

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 4, 2017

Pyrethroid pesticides could be modified with a few molecular tweaks to eliminate pests while preserving beneficial insects like bees. Those are the findings of researchers at Michigan State University’s entomology department in a study featured in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These pesticides target a protein known as the

Crops

Global study finds trace neonics in much of world’s honey

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 5, 2017

A study by Swiss scientists has found trace levels of at least one neonicotinoid pesticide in three-quarters of the honey samples it collected from around the world. The study, spearheaded by a team from Switzerland’s Universite de Neuchatel and published in Friday’s edition of the journal Science, was meant to assess “global exposure of pollinators

Crops

U.S. bee numbers growing

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team August 3, 2017

CNS Canada – Honeybee populations are rising in the United States, turning around a recent trend of declines attributed to a set of factors know as colony collapse disorder. It’s estimated that 84,430 hives were lost to the disorder in the first quarter this year. That’s down 27 per cent from a year earlier. Year-over-year

Beekeeping is catching on in cities, and enrolment has jumped for a University of Manitoba course for hobby beekeepers.

Livestock, Local news

Training critical for new beekeepers to avoid disease woes

Beekeepers stress the need for industry newcomers to be trained in disease and pest management

By Alexis Stockford June 6, 2017

Manitoba’s honeybee population has recovered from 2013, when a harsh winter saw hives drop almost eight per cent, but commercial apiarists say that growth could have risks if it doesn’t come with disease management training for new beekeepers. “Education is very important in those regards and I think probably one of our largest concerns is

This summer will be the first producers across Western Canada can access free seed for pollinator-friendly plants through Operation Pollinator.

Crops

Bringing back flowers to the field

Operation Pollinator is asking producers to set aside two acres for pollinator-attracting plants this summer

By Alexis Stockford June 6, 2017

An initiative to increase biodiversity and pollinator habitat on golf courses is making its large-scale farm debut this summer. Operation Pollinator, spearheaded by Syngenta, was introduced in Canada in 2012 after first appearing in the United Kingdom over a decade ago. The program first approached golf courses, providing seed for out-of-play areas to be planted

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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn sink to contract lows as large supply weighs

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Tag Archives Bees — page 6

Biosecurity, disease reduction program for commercial Manitoba beekeepers

VIDEO: Bees “bee-have” to form bee beard

EU nations back ban on all outdoor neonic use

Health Canada proposes some neonic restrictions

Two neonics set for three-year extensions on registration

Spare the bees

Global study finds trace neonics in much of world’s honey

U.S. bee numbers growing

Training critical for new beekeepers to avoid disease woes

Bringing back flowers to the field

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