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Keep calm and love bees and other pollinators

Some people don’t like bees but these beneficial insects are among those that should be respected for what they do

By Rrbc Release September 28, 2016

Despite the bad reputation that bees and other pollinators sometimes have, they represent an exclusive club. One of a bee’s most important jobs is that of a pollinator. This is an exclusive club of animals that assists plants in their reproduction as pollinators, that includes species of ants, bats, bees, beetles, birds, butterflies, flies, moths

Livestock

Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40 per cent

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 28, 2016

The world’s most widely used insecticide is an inadvertent contraceptive for bees, cutting live sperm in males by almost 40 per cent, The Guardian in the UK is reporting. Citing research led by Lars Straub at the University of Bern, Switzerland, the report says neonicotinoid pesticides were found to cut the lifespan of the drones

News

Bee stewardship award open for nominations

Pollinator protection measures on Canadian farms and ranches are to be recognized with a conservation award

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 6, 2016

Are you or someone you know taking steps to protect pollinators on a farm or ranch in Canada? Then you should consider applying for the 2016 Canadian Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Conservation Award, a program that’s a joint undertaking of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), Pollinator Partnership (P2), and Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA). Individuals

News

Study finds not all neonics equal when it comes to risks to bees

Clothianidin, the active ingredient in Poncho and Prosper, may have got a bad rap

By Kate Kelland, Reuters July 6, 2016

A group of chemical insecticides known as neonicotinoids that has been banned in Europe due to fears about potential harm to bees has been found in new research to have very differential risks for bumblebees. Scientists who conducted the research said their findings showed that at least one neonicotinoid in the banned group — clothianidin

Livestock

Postal workers pledge to move bees, chicks if striking

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 15, 2016

Canada Post and its unionized staff have agreed to set up a system in which workers would volunteer to move live animals, such as day-old chicks or bees, during a strike or lockout. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said Tuesday it has a new agreement with the Crown corporation to move and deliver social

Local news

Beehives to go high tech

A so-called smart beehive could change how apiarists manage their colonies and treat mites

By Shannon VanRaes June 2, 2016

We have smart phones, smart cars and even smart fridges. Now, Allan Campbell is preparing to launch the smart beehive. “We are still in the prototype phase, but we hope to have the first ones out this summer. So far it hasn’t left the lab yet,” said the co-owner of Durston Honey Farms and president

Solitary nesting bees, like this native leafcutter bee, will get better houses that will augment their numbers through a University of Manitoba open competition.

Did you know?, Local news

Building a better beehive

The University of Manitoba has opened an international competition aimed at giving bees better housing

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 21, 2016

Wild bees need homes too. That’s the simple idea behind an international design competition opened by the University of Manitoba on Mar. 1. The competition hopes better housing for the beleaguered insects will help address a pressing biological issue — their declining numbers. Bee houses were chosen as the focus of the competition because they

Crops

France moves toward all-out ban on neonics

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 18, 2016

Paris | Reuters — French lawmakers approved plans for a total ban on some widely used pesticides blamed for harming bees, going beyond European Union restrictions in a fierce debate that has pitched farmers and chemical firms against beekeepers and green groups. The EU limited the use of neonicotinoid chemicals, produced by companies including Bayer

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops

Regulatory reviews show slim risk to bees from imidacloprid

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 7, 2016

Label directions and rules for foliar and on-seed use of imidacloprid pesticides should either prevent or limit the risks to honeybees and other pollinators from the chemical, Canadian and U.S. regulators say in a new early-stage risk assessment. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday released

Livestock, Local news

PHOTOS: Open Farm Day 2015

By Shannon VanRaes September 25, 2015

Just south of Winnipeg, Aurora Farm was literally crawling with visitors of all ages, eager for the opportunity to feed a goat, touch a chicken or learn exactly how apiarists wrangle honey from their bees.

Daily Network News

CFIA looks for feedback on proposed seed potato rule changes

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on active Chinese buying

GMO food labelling review opens questions on gene editing

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