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Bee Sensitive To Helpful Insects, Urbanites Urged

By Ron Friesen June 3, 2010

What do Mount Everest and honeybees have in common? Check out May 29. That was the day in 1953 when Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to successfully climb the world’s highest mountain. Hillary was a beekeeper from New Zealand. This year, May 29 was the day proclaimed by Ottawa,

Livestock

Short Winter Eases Manitoba Bee Losses

By Ron Friesen May 20, 2010

“Weather is a big part of the losses in Canada.” – RHEAL LAFRENIERE, MAFRI Ashort winter may have moderated the loss of Mani toba honeybee colonies this year, following three years of abnormally high losses. Winter colony losses appear closer to traditional levels of 20 to 25 per cent, compared to annual losses of around

Livestock

Study Finds Chemicals Threaten Honeybee Health

By Ron Friesen April 8, 2010

“It’s one more arrow in the quiver.” – HEATHER CLAY, CHC Anew U. S. study has detected a number of pesticides in North American honeybee colonies at far higher levels than previously known. Scientists have found “unprecedented levels of miticides and agricultural pesticides in honeybee colonies from across the U. S. and one Canadian province,”

News

Solution To Bee Colony Deaths Found

By Alex Binkley March 11, 2010

Long the scourge of beehives, the varroa mite has emerged as the leading suspect in the mysterious decline of honeybee colonies across Canada, says a University of Guelph researcher. In an article in the online scientific publication Apidologie, which is devoted to bees, Ernesto Guzman and his research team say that 85 per cent of

News

Beekeepers Edge Toward Lifting Bee Embargo

By Ron Friesen November 26, 2009

“The varroa mite is completely widespread.” – TODD YAKIMISHEN, MBA Manitoba honey producers have inched a step closer toward calling for the elimination of a 22-year-old ban on imported bees from the U. S. The Manitoba Beekeepers Association is asking for an industry summit meeting on allowing greater access to packaged bees from the continental

News

Honey Crop Beats Expectations

By Ron Friesen November 5, 2009

“Until I crunched the numbers, I never thought we had that much.” – RHEAL LAFRENIERE, MAFRI Manitoba beekeepers had a surprisingly good honey crop this summer, despite unfavourable weather conditions. A preliminary Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives survey shows producers averaged 177 pounds of honey per colony, above the long-term provincial average of 165

Livestock

Genetic Condition May Cause Bee Colony Collapse

By Ron Friesen October 29, 2009

“It won’t get into bees unless IAPV is integrated into them.” – ILAN SELA An Israeli researcher is claiming a possible breakthrough in the hunt for the cause of a mysterious die-off of honeybees in different parts of the world. A genetic predisposition to an obscure virus may make bees vulnerable to another as-yet-unknown agent

Forages, Livestock

Cool Summer Dampens Honey Outlook

By Ron Friesen August 6, 2009

The cool weather so far this summer could deliver a double hit to Manitoba‘s honey producers. Besides depressing honey yields, it could also weaken bee populations going into the winter. That would be the last thing Manitoba beekeepers need after experiencing record honeybee losses in 2008-09. “There is a lot of concern unless we get

Country Crossroads

One Sweet Home-Based Business

By Joan Airey April 2, 2009

HONEYBEE FACTS Honey is the only food that includes all the substance necessary to sustain life including water. A hive of bees must fly 5,000 miles to produce one pound of honey. To make honey, bees drop the collected nectar into the honeycomb and then evaporate it by fanning their wings. Honeybees collect nectar from

News

No Smoking Gun For CCD

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

For the past three years, a mysterious die-off of honeybees in the U. S. has gripped public attention and led to fascinating theories about its origin. Suggested causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD) included pesticides, diseases, changing weather patterns, inadequate nutrition, environmental stress and plain overwork. Some blamed radio waves from cellphones for causing bees

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Tag Archives Honey bee

Bee Sensitive To Helpful Insects, Urbanites Urged

Short Winter Eases Manitoba Bee Losses

Study Finds Chemicals Threaten Honeybee Health

Solution To Bee Colony Deaths Found

Beekeepers Edge Toward Lifting Bee Embargo

Honey Crop Beats Expectations

Genetic Condition May Cause Bee Colony Collapse

Cool Summer Dampens Honey Outlook

One Sweet Home-Based Business

No Smoking Gun For CCD

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